The Holy Spirit spoke to me this morning to remember that when He gives a revelation of a future event in my life which it seems I will never be. I need to accept what He says and change whatever is necessary in my heart which I am unaware of and line up with His will. He reminded me of when He spoke to Peter that before the cock crows three times tonight you will deny me three times.Luke.22:31-34.

It will be helpful for you to relook that event and meditate on it as recorded in the gospels.Matthew.26.31-35, Mark.14:27-31 and John.13:36-38

It seemed impossible from Peter’s perspective because he thought what could possibly happen that could make me deny Jesus. I have given everything up to follow Him. What could possibly be in my heart that would make me do such a thing,I know none, however Jesus knew the weakness in Peter and where Peter’s heart would submit to the will of satan.

Remember Jesus said to Peter the devil has asked for you that he might sift you as wheat? I have prayed for you that your faith won’t fail and after you return to me strengthen your brethren. It would have been much better for Peter to ask the Lord who he knew never to be wrong. Lord, what in me can make me do such a thing and ask the Lord to root it out of him rather than tell Jesus how he above any of the other disciples would die with Jesus.

Well his commitment did not last the night. That is the weakness of man and our stinking pride. We need to remember the Holy Spirit said to me that we have no good in ourselves and can fall at the slightest hurdle if God does not grace us.

He reminded me of a person who in a Church I belonged to in the past who was the top Evangelist and the giver and was very well known by all as the God man in Church, that was until he lost his job and he then stopped coming to church and no longer did any of all the evangelistic things anymore and did not want to honour or do anything for God.

It turned out that his job was God to him and once he lost it we all got to see he was not a faithful Jesus follower and lover. I remember talking to him and asking him, “you always encouraged everybody and told them to trust God so why are you now not doing that for yourself?”

Why are you condemning the Lord and not giving Him a chance in your life? I tried everything in God to encourage and help lift him up but he would not budge, his heart was closed and I learnt the lesson I would relearn that the heart of man is desperately wicked and deceitful above all things and who can know it.

Only the Lord can reveal the evil in our hearts and we need to accept His judgments and take correction and change our posture through repentance and brokenness and find grace to come out through His power which helps us.

The Lord reminded me of that guy and the dangers of believing more highly of ourselves rather than what God reveals about us which is spiritual suicide.What Jesus says to us is the undeniable truth which always stands.

So today reflect on your life and some words God spoke about you that were negative and you did not like or want to accept and reflect on them and repent and ask the Lord to forgive you of the future direction your heart would respond to instead of His will and be released from entering into temptation and having to enter a period of being away from the Lord because you don’t think you are capable of falling.

We all will fail in our strength, it is only the grace of God that can make us triumphant and we need to keep reminding ourselves of that reality and we will be safe in our relationship with Jesus.

So today allow these words to melt your hearts and turn back to the Lord and receive abundant grace to continue strong on His path and come away from Satan’s path to make a mockery and shame of you and reveal your weakness in Jesus’ name. Let the strength of Jesus flowing from the Holy Spirit be your fragrance as you manifest the glory of Jesus. Amen.