I love those times when God speaks so clearly to you it's as though he is sitting right next to you.
One of these times was when I was reading where Andrew brought Simon to meet Jesus. It says in John 1:42 ‘Looking intently at Simon, Jesus said, “Your name is Simon, son of John…but you will be called Cephas which means Peter’
Simon was a son of Jonah (or John) and from an ordinary fishing village. One commentary says that Simon (or Simeon) meant reedlike or grasslike hinting perhaps at his human weakness and how easily he was swayed by the ‘wind of the world’. But Jesus prophetically renamed him Peter which means rock, symbolic of his changed character. In time to come his faith and dependency on the true Rock: Jesus, was what the Church was to be built upon
He was called to be different.
It was like in that moment Jesus looked inside of him and called out not just his past and present but his future, who he really was and who God had called him to be
I thought... how we are all sons or daughters of someone, we all have a natural descent, a family line but when Jesus looks at us he sees who we truly are, who He has made us to be and when He calls us by our name He calls out our destiny. Simon son of John was now going to be Peter.
I remember it was such a powerful and intimate moment as I realised when my Father looks at me he sees all the promise and destiny he wrote and sang over me before I was even born.
A friend messaged me a while ago to encourage me.
She wrote… I remember an occasion where you were meeting and greeting at the church and you stepped up and prayed for me to have words of knowledge as a beauty therapist for my clients. I remember thinking…”Oh no, that’s not me!! ha ha!! However now I seek and love the Holy Spirit prompts he gives me to pray for my clients.
Whilst my friend was looking at her inadequacies the Father was looking at her adequacy in Christ. We often look at our imperfections whilst all the time the Father is looking at our perfection. He doesn’t see how I am now but he sees me according to my destiny
When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon who was threshing wheat to keep it away from the Midianite enemies he said to Gideon, "The Lord is with you mighty warrior, go in the strength you have and save Israel out of the Midianite’s hand". Gideon’s response was "Pardon me, my Lord but how can I save Israel, my clan is the weakest and I am the least in my family". He was looking at where he had come from instead of who God said he was and that God was always with him.
It’s time to give up the small version of ourselves and believe and step into the Christ version of who we really are.
One of these times was when I was reading where Andrew brought Simon to meet Jesus. It says in John 1:42 ‘Looking intently at Simon, Jesus said, “Your name is Simon, son of John…but you will be called Cephas which means Peter’
Simon was a son of Jonah (or John) and from an ordinary fishing village. One commentary says that Simon (or Simeon) meant reedlike or grasslike hinting perhaps at his human weakness and how easily he was swayed by the ‘wind of the world’. But Jesus prophetically renamed him Peter which means rock, symbolic of his changed character. In time to come his faith and dependency on the true Rock: Jesus, was what the Church was to be built upon
He was called to be different.
It was like in that moment Jesus looked inside of him and called out not just his past and present but his future, who he really was and who God had called him to be
I thought... how we are all sons or daughters of someone, we all have a natural descent, a family line but when Jesus looks at us he sees who we truly are, who He has made us to be and when He calls us by our name He calls out our destiny. Simon son of John was now going to be Peter.
I remember it was such a powerful and intimate moment as I realised when my Father looks at me he sees all the promise and destiny he wrote and sang over me before I was even born.
A friend messaged me a while ago to encourage me.
She wrote… I remember an occasion where you were meeting and greeting at the church and you stepped up and prayed for me to have words of knowledge as a beauty therapist for my clients. I remember thinking…”Oh no, that’s not me!! ha ha!! However now I seek and love the Holy Spirit prompts he gives me to pray for my clients.
Whilst my friend was looking at her inadequacies the Father was looking at her adequacy in Christ. We often look at our imperfections whilst all the time the Father is looking at our perfection. He doesn’t see how I am now but he sees me according to my destiny
When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon who was threshing wheat to keep it away from the Midianite enemies he said to Gideon, "The Lord is with you mighty warrior, go in the strength you have and save Israel out of the Midianite’s hand". Gideon’s response was "Pardon me, my Lord but how can I save Israel, my clan is the weakest and I am the least in my family". He was looking at where he had come from instead of who God said he was and that God was always with him.
It’s time to give up the small version of ourselves and believe and step into the Christ version of who we really are.
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