Exodus 4-5, Exodus 6: 1-13, Matthew 26: 30-46, Psalm 25: 8-15
Matthew 26: 33-35 (ESV)
“Peter answered him, “Though they all fall away because of
you, I will never fall away.” Jesus said to him, “Truly, I tell you, this very
night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” Peter said to
him, “Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you!” And all the disciples
said the same.”
In verses 33 through 35, we read about Peter telling Christ
he would never fall away from. Jesus told Peter he would and deny him three
times. Peter denied it and the disciples did the same. I love how Jesus knew
what would happen to him and what his disciples would do, but he still loved
them. I read one Bible commentary where the author said that Jesus was trying
to reassure his disciples that he was in command of the whole situation. Jesus
also knew his disciples better than they knew themselves, and even though he
knew they would desert them he still loved them and knew that their future was
to grow his church.
I sometimes wonder if I would try to change my future if I knew
it, even though the future was going to help me grow to be a better person. I
can see the disciples denying everything that Jesus told them they would do
because they couldn’t conceive at the time that they would betray Jesus like
that. I think they also wondered if their betrayal would make Jesus love them
less. But if God knows everything that is going to happen in our life, we need
to trust that everything we go through will work to fulfill God’s plan. We
might not see it at the time, but God does and if we just trust in him then we would
be more at peace with whatever happens in our life.
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