One day
Brian’s mom said, “Brian, go clean your room.”
Being just like every normal guy, he “cleaned” by throwing stuff in his
closet, under his bed, and behind his door.
This version of “cleaning” was not exactly what his mom had in mind, but
at least you could see the floor! Not
too much time passes, and Brian’s mom decides to check up on the work her son
has done. Like every good mom, she
checked all the normal places, and upon finding the clothes she wanted put
AWAY, she calls out to Brian. . . This time Brian doesn’t hear the sweet and
gentle voice of his mother saying, “Brian, please go clean your room.” Instead, he hears something that sends chills
up his spine. He knows something is wrong when he hears “BRIAN THOMAS
JONES…..” The same goes for every
kid! When we hear our first, middle, AND
last name, we KNOW something is wrong.
Jesus’
earthly ministry is now coming to a close.
He is not going to be present to micromanage the ministries of his
disciples like he has for the past three years.
He has given his disciples a simple assignment: be fishers of MEN, but
now that Jesus is gone we hear Peter say, “I’m going fishing.” He is going right back the life that Jesus
called him out of. It could be he was
feeling sorry for himself for denying Jesus those three times. He was allowing guilt and sin to control his
life. In verse seven, Jesus calls out
and they recognize his voice. Peter puts
on his fisher’s coat. He is putting on his old logline, identifying himself as
just a regular fisherman and without the faith to walk on water again, he swims
to the Lord. As Jesus begins to address
Peter, he doesn’t use his new name. He
says, SIMON SON OF JONAS, do you love me?
Peter, had to give his guilt over to the Lord and allow him to rewrite
his logline once again.
We have an
awesome God who gives us chance after chance after chance. We have undoubtedly majorly messed up at some
point in our lives, or even today, but God will rewrite that logline for you
again if you will let him. Don’t let the
guilt of past mistakes dictate every decision you make. God has given you a calling; so don’t go back
to that old lifestyle just because you mess up.
Let God take your guilt and give you grace to go on! The Bible says, “if we confess our sins, he
is faithful and just to FORGIVE us our sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.” Life comes at you
fast, and you WILL mess up. That doesn’t
mean you need to quit. Will you let God
rewrite your logline again today?
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