GODLY RESOLUTIONS...
By: Pastor Samuel Olugbemi
(Senior pastor,
Christ Ambassadors Ministries)
When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked
Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?”JOHN 21:15
As you begin a new year you may be painfully
aware that you have failed your Lord in many ways. Jesus has a wonderful way of
restoring us when we fail Him. He does not humiliate us. He does not criticize us,
rather He takes us aside and asks us to re-affirm our love for Him.
Peter miserably failed his Lord when he fled
with the other disciples from the Garden of Gethsemane. Later, he publicly
denied that he even knew Jesus. Peter must have wondered if he had been capable
of being Jesus’ disciple when he was unfaithful to Jesus in His most crucial
hour.
Perhaps you were not faithful. Perhaps you
disobeyed His Word to you. Perhaps you denied Him by the way you lived. Jesus
will take you aside as He did Peter. He will not humiliate you or berate you.
He will ask you to examine your love for Him. He asked Peter, “Do you love me?”If
your answer like Peter is ‘Yes, Lord” He will re-affirm His will for you. If
you truly love Him, you will obey Him. Jesus does not need your New Year
resolution. If you truly love Him, your service for Him in the New Year will be
of the quality that He desires.
Adapted
from: Godly Resolutions;2011
