Representing Christ

Luke 22:54-62
Peter Denies Jesus

"Before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny me three times." And Peter left the courtyard crying. (61,62)

This passage shows that God knows the choices we make, even before we make them. I am reminded that I sometimes choose to ignore the fact that I am a Christian, a follower of Christ. I will make a choice to not follow His will because I want to indulge in things of this world, like materialism or "popularity". Thus, our God is one who truly loves us, as in our nature, we will do things that displease Him. If God were truly alive in me, I would need to be more bold in my faith by being a courageous follower of Christ, an activist, and not a by stander. I ask God for more courage and "thicker skin" to able to ignore nasty comments from aetheists.


1 Thessalonians 3:9-13
Timothy's Good Report about the Church (cont'd)
"Night and day we pray earnestly for you, asking God to let us see you again to fill us anything that may still be missing in your faith. (10)
May the Lord make your love grow and overflow to each other and to everyone else, just as our love overflows toward you. (12)
Christ will make your hearts strong, blameless, and holy when you stand before God our Father on that day when our Lord Jesus comes with all those who belong to Him. (13)"

Timothy is reminding us that we can reach God via Jesus. I am reminded to ask God to renew me by filling me up and strengthen me to better represent Him. I thank God for the opportunity I had to be refreshed and renewed in serving and representing Him in Cambodia last week. I ask God to keep filling me up as I return to my "normal" life and that I not fall back into bad habits whereby forgetting about prioritizing Christ to make choices that are pleasing in God's eyes.