After the Sifting

Follow the trace line of Peter impetuous, knowledgeable and used mightily by God. Yet in all of his dealings he consistently failed God! While this book trace lines important events in Peters life any individual reading it should find a mirror image of themselves. No matter how hard we try and strive to bring God pleasure we find ourselves failing yet even in our failures we still bring to God the Glory he deserves. We need understand that because we are gifted we automatically become targets for the enemy his desire is to keep us immobilized and to constantly remind us that we are not good enough. God does not call us to perfection but rather his desire is that we become Holy. Our righteousness is established through what he has done for us. Therefore the redemptive work that takes place at Calvary is essential to the success of every believer. All God wants of us is to allow him to lead us. It is his total intent and purpose to usher us to the right places. Like Peter we do not always understand where he wants to take us we just need to follow his lead. Our confidence is after we have done the will of God, we will receive the promise. It is the will of God that we receive everything that he wants us to receive that is not without cost. But if we pay the cost the benefits that follow far outweigh the cost that we pay. God is always faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and he is eager to restore us into the fold. He already knows what we will do, but even greater than that he knows our potential.