At the Point of Your need

December 20

Peter. Disciple. Apostle. Hero of the faith. Failure. Perhaps no one embodies the best and the worst of all we who believe endeavor to be and actually are than does Peter, the impetuous one. Than Peter, the one who was quick to declare his resolve to follow Jesus to the end and quick to fall from it.

It is easy to grasp that Peter recognized Jesus was no mere man. A fisherman does not abandon a thriving business to walk the dusty streets of Galilee with an itinerant preacher and sometime carpenter. No, Peter saw there was something beyond the ordinary in Jesus.

And, rightly he should have for he had been present for the miracles. Perhaps a miracle that might have touched him most was the one Jesus did while aboard Peter’s own fishing vessel. The nets were empty after a long night of fishing. Jesus suggested that Peter have his crew drop the net on the other side of the boat.

Illogical? Yes, but Peter said, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night long and have caught nothing, but at Your word, I’ll let down the net.” The net nearly broke with the size of the catch! (Luke 5:5). Jesus does the same for us. When He wants to really make us grasp the magnitude of who He is, He touches us where we are. So, expect a miracle at the point of your need.