God Is Not Done With You

As Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came, and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Nazarene.”

But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.”  And he went out onto the porch, and the rooster crowed.

Mark 14:66-68

If you have fallen from grace and think you are too much of a mess for God to reclaim, think again.

The Apostle Peter, who was called by Jesus and who walked with Him, denied even knowing Jesus.  We could say that Peter feared more for his own life than he loved and trusted Jesus. 

But God did not turn His back on Peter.  When Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James and Salome, went to Jesus’ tomb and found it empty, God’s angel gave them a message, “… go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee, there you will see Him, just as He told you…’” (Mark 16:7)

God’s angel specifically named Peter as a recipient of the message of the good news of the resurrection of Jesus and that Jesus was coming to see Peter and the other disciples.  Peter went on to become a great evangelist who took the Good News of salvation through Jesus to the world. 

It does not matter how far you think you are from God, God is looking for you.  Come back to Him, and be redeemed.  God is not done with you.