DAY 27: THE RICHES OF GOD’S MERCY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT VI- PETER

 THE RHEMA WORD FOR TODAY

(A DAILY DEVOTIONAL WITH PREACHER SAM)

 

TOPIC: THE RICHES OF GOD’S MERCY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT VI- PETER

DATE: 27 SEPTEMBER, 2021

BIBLE READING: JOHN 21:15-19

VERSE FOR MEDITATION: LUKE 22:32 TPT

But I have prayed for you, Peter, that you would stay faithful to me no matter what comes. Remember this: after you have turned back to me and have been restored, make it your life mission to strengthen the faith of your brothers.”

 

Today, we shall be concluding on the riches of God’s mercy by looking at Peter as our final case study.

Before the Lord’s crucifixion, He told Peter about what was revealed to Him in the place of prayer, of how Satan desired to have him. But He has prayed that his faith should not fail.

First, Satan has a desire. That was what Jesus Christ meant in John 10:10, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy…” The devil, our adversary, will not come to you, except he had found something in your life that is threatening to him and his government. That is the desire of the devil! If he succeeds in stealing that, he quickly kills it so that your faith will fail, and once your faith fails, he destroys you in hell.

From childhood, I do have some dreams that eventually come to pass, some people thought it was déjà vu. And from teenage, I do see things beyond the natural, and some people thought that I was hallucinating. Now, because I was not given proper orientation and training about the prophetic, I sometimes despise them. That was how the devil started stealing that prophetic gift I had, he hijacked it from me and planted lust in my soul. It became so bad to the point that just a little glance at a lady, I had run through a quick scan on her and could tell what was beyond her covering. But thanks be to Jesus who understood my weaknesses (Heb. 4:15) and made intercession on my behalf just like Peter (1 Jn. 2:2; Heb. 2:17). Now the gift has been restored and it is being used effectively for the kingdom.

The devil had a desire to cause that Peter’s faith should fail after denying Christ so that his ministry would die just like Judas Iscariot and won’t be used on the day of Pentecost to win those 3000 souls and of course shepherd the Lord’s sheep.

Even when Peter was sure of himself that he could not be possible to fail and disappoint his Lord, Jesus had to tell him what would happen by predicting his denial. And after what Jesus had told him really happened, he repented.

The Bible talks about two kinds of repentance; the one that leads to salvation and the other that leads to death. The one that leads to salvation is done on the basis of mercy. Both Judas and Peter had the same weight of sin but Peter repented on the basis of mercy, that was why Christ restored him back to his apostolic duty, as we have seen in our Bible reading (Jn. 21:19 c.f. Matt. 4:18-20).

I don’t know who this is meant for, but I believe that there is someone who would read this and could relate to what have been shared here. You’ve done a lot of grievous sins and your heart is condemning you, and you doubt if God can forgive you. See, God is willing that all should repent (2 Pet. 3:9), so that He will remember your sins no more (Heb. 8:12). This is the riches of His mercy towards you today.

It is the devil’s desire to steal the gift that God has deposited in your life, that is to be used for God’s kingdom. Don’t let the devil cheat you on your prophetic and glorious destiny, come boldly to the throne of grace to obtain mercy (Reg. Heb. 4:15, 16). This is the Father’s love!

 

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I come by your blood to seek for mercy and for the forgiveness of my sins.

 

DECLARATION: GET BEHIND ME SATAN, YOU CANNOT CHEAT ME ON MY PROPHETIC AND GLORIOUS DESTINY.

 

JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAULINE’S EPISTLE: PHILEMON 1; HEBREWS 1-3