Recovery Christian Center Daily Meditation - 6/2/12 - A Life Transformed
"One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living. Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!” And they left their nets at once and followed him."
The man called Simon in the text is eventually the man Jesus calls Peter, which means rock, and eventually He will tell Peter he is the "rock on which I will build My Church" (Matthew 16:18) but at this point Simon isn't quite there yet. The man Jesus eventually names Peter is a professional fisherman, a large powerfully built man. He can be reckless, thoughtless, doubtful, a brawler and a bit of a thug. His ideas of what He thought Jesus should be caused Him to doubt Jesus's mission and methods on several occasions. His fear and low self esteem and sense of superiority sometimes caused him to miss the lessons Jesus was trying to teach Him. Even after salvation and receiving the Holy Spirit he would still doubt what God was telling him which led to a long an unnecessary feud with the Apostle Paul. Despite all of this he was still the rock on which the church was built. God still used him in an awesome way.
If God can transform Peter despite, and maybe because of his past, and use him in an awesome way even though he continued to make mistakes, then God can do the same for us. God uses imperfect people to carry out His perfect will. No matter how bad you think your past is or what you're struggling with in the present, God can transform you, and make you into the person He has called you to be.
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