THE MAN WHO TRIED TO CONTROL JESUS (3 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Mark 14:66-72
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The Man Who Tried To Control Jesus (3 of 4)
Series: Comeback Kings
Jeff Strite
Mark 14:66-72
OPEN: There's a famous poem named ''Footprints'' that you can find on posters, paintings and even small cards that people will put in the Bibles. It has a powerful message of hope and comfort, and it goes like this:
''One night I dreamed a dream. As I was walking along the beach with my Lord, across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonging to me and one to my Lord. After the last scene of my life flashed before me, I looked back at the footprints in the sand. I noticed that at many times along the path of my life, especially at the very lowest and saddest times, there was only one set of footprints. This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it.
'Lord, you said once I decided to follow you, You'd walk with me all the way. But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life, there was only one set of footprints. I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me.'
He whispered, 'My precious child, I love you and will never leave you, never, ever, during your trials and testings. When you saw only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.'''
That is a very comforting poem.
The idea that Jesus walks beside us every step of our lives.
That is so cool!
But there's another view of this idea that I find interesting (we put a meme on the screen that read) ''Where you see one set of footprints is where I carried you... And that long grove is where I dragged you kicking and screaming.''
As we read about Peter this morning, he seems to be one of those guys that Jesus had to occasionally drag, kicking and screaming where God wanted him.
You see, Peter was a hard-headed, Type A kind of personality. He liked being in charge. He liked being in control. In fact, at one point Jesus had to rebuke him saying: ''Get thee ...
Series: Comeback Kings
Jeff Strite
Mark 14:66-72
OPEN: There's a famous poem named ''Footprints'' that you can find on posters, paintings and even small cards that people will put in the Bibles. It has a powerful message of hope and comfort, and it goes like this:
''One night I dreamed a dream. As I was walking along the beach with my Lord, across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonging to me and one to my Lord. After the last scene of my life flashed before me, I looked back at the footprints in the sand. I noticed that at many times along the path of my life, especially at the very lowest and saddest times, there was only one set of footprints. This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it.
'Lord, you said once I decided to follow you, You'd walk with me all the way. But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life, there was only one set of footprints. I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me.'
He whispered, 'My precious child, I love you and will never leave you, never, ever, during your trials and testings. When you saw only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.'''
That is a very comforting poem.
The idea that Jesus walks beside us every step of our lives.
That is so cool!
But there's another view of this idea that I find interesting (we put a meme on the screen that read) ''Where you see one set of footprints is where I carried you... And that long grove is where I dragged you kicking and screaming.''
As we read about Peter this morning, he seems to be one of those guys that Jesus had to occasionally drag, kicking and screaming where God wanted him.
You see, Peter was a hard-headed, Type A kind of personality. He liked being in charge. He liked being in control. In fact, at one point Jesus had to rebuke him saying: ''Get thee ...
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