Peter's denial

Implosion can happen slowly or rapidly. In the case of Peter, during the time of Jesus last days, it happened in a matter of hours. The thing to remember from this is that God still is with us and will work in and through us no matter what. Jesus told Peter he would deny Him three times before the cock crowed. Peter was one of the most faithful disciples. Basically what we consider today as our BFF or our right hand man. Peter told Jesus that even if EVERYONE else deserted Him that he would stand by his side. He had good intentions....his heart was in the right place....and his faithfulness was unwavering. He was weak in the flesh as we all are. Many times we have good intentions but no matter what we KNOW we should do, our flesh is weak and we will do things we never thought we would.

After his three denials of our Lord, Peter had realized what he had done.He had completely and publicly denied knowing God. Not a good thing to do for sure. God almost immediately went to work in Peters life though. Back before the crucifiction, Peter had been out fishing with some of the other disciples. He went out to what he thought was a good spot and cast his nets. They cast and cast yet found no fish. Upon returning to shore, Jesus told him to go back to the same spot and cast his nets. Peter having faith in Jesus did as he was told and immediately pulled a net full of fish aboard the boat. Do His will, you will be rewarded. Simple enough. After the crucifixtion, Peter returned to what he knew.....fishing. They went out and as before caught nothing. The next day went to the exact spot and pulled in a boatload of fish. Peter remarked to one of his partners that he felt that was Jesus telling him to have faith! What a glorious message!!!

Peter had denied God openly.....he had even cursed when asked if he knew Jesus!! Yet God still had a plan for him....as he does for us all. Jesus tells us where to cast our "nets" and if we have faith in Him, our nets will soon be full. All it takes if faith and especially once we have imploded in our various ways, must we have faith. He does have a plan.