On Sunday we continued our talk around the life of Peter. One of the incredible things we see as he followed Jesus is how much he changed and was transformed by Him. Sometimes I wonder how much we think “following Jesus” fixes everything in our life not realizing following Jesus actually reveals everything.

We see in the first 3 years of Peter following Jesus a man who was driven by self preservation and his reputation. Ultimately this led him to erratic behaviour and eventually denying Jesus. How does a man who was committed and zealous in following Jesus end so badly? The beautiful part of his story is it didn’t end there. We read in John 21 of this conversation between Jesus and Peter that heals, redeems and restores Peter.

The Peter that emerges after this encounter with Jesus is a very different Peter than before. We see a man not driven by self-preservation but rather motivated by surrender to serve Him. Where Peter failed before now became his areas of great strength. We see him in various places in the scriptures exhorting the church to surrender, walk in humility and to not get distracted. His life is a great reminder that following Jesus reveals the areas in our lives that He wants to heal, redeem and restore. Let’s be people not driven by self-preservation and rather be motivated by full surrender to Him.

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