To think I was just cruising along in Matthew 26 this
morning not really getting anything until I got to this passage. I thought … everyone knows this passage.
Matthew
26:75 And
Peter remembered the saying of Jesus. “Before
the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.
….. Why is this important? I hear in that quiet little voice in my spirit. "You deny me all of the time."
Well ……. What do you say to
that? As I am writing I hear, you deny me when you are driving and that
person cuts you off, you deny me when you walk by that person and I say pray
for them and you keep walking. You deny
me when you say you are too busy to spend time with me. You deny me when you think your way is better
than mine. You deny me when I tell you something to do and you choose not to do it. Need I say more?
This morning’s Oswald is about watching with Jesus instead
of watching for Him. I think when we are
watching for Him it is easy to miss Him or deny Him. When we are watching with Him then it is hard
to deny Him…. Wouldn’t you say? That
would be like …. Being Jesus with skin on … watching people
and circumstances with Jesus eyes.
When you watch with Jesus you will not have to watch for
Him.
When you are watching with Him you could say you are standing beside Jesus instead of Him standing beside you. Just a thought.
K
