And Me?

Jesus rose. Jesus rose and had he had work to do, and he knew where to start. And Peter. And Peter. So we we look at this and we we translate that to our our life. We are that Peter. We are that person that Jesus has has taken the time to point out. Listen, you've messed up. You say things, you do things, but man, when we move past this, we've got work to do. [00:13:22] (40 seconds)  #RisenAndReady

Man, if you want to sum up Jesus' redeeming love and grace, that's it right there. The fact that he called Peter out by name to the point where his embarrassment and shame was overwhelming and would paralyze him. Don't look at me. Please get away from me. Go and get Peter. And why? Why? Because in Luke, he says, and when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers. He says that blatantly well before this all happened. [00:12:04] (43 seconds)  #CalledByName

That verse right there is what brought me to Christ. Go tell his disciples and Peter. It doesn't name anybody else. It doesn't say go get John, go get this, go the and Peter, specifically, and Peter. How amazing. How amazing that God, that Jesus would would know to do that. The shame that he was feeling. So he tells Mary who has probably seen that. I don't I I can't really remember if she was there at the time or or around Peter when he was when he was, doing that, but go and tell the disciples and Peter. [00:11:13] (51 seconds)  #HeChosePeter

Stop. We need to stop being so thinking we gotta stop thinking that that it's an end all be all with us because it's not for him. How can we say that, god, you know, thank you for your grace, thank you for your mercy, thank you for everything, and just expect it to be there, which it is, but then we shouldn't be mirroring that love and that grace and that mercy. Thank you, God, for the explicit one line, go and tell the disciples and Peter. [00:19:56] (37 seconds)  #MirrorHisGrace

why am I telling you all of this? It's because now that I'm starting to scratch the surface of understanding God's love, I look back at that and I can openly talk about what I've done in the past because that doesn't define me. Right? That doesn't define you. So although maybe I did something much different or much worse than you, I can promise you that you guys said something, did something, made someone feel a certain way. That doesn't define you. [00:06:11] (34 seconds)  #PastDoesNotDefine

Alright. You know what? He did me wrong. Sorry, dude. This is it. You've crossed the line. We'll see you later. I've done that. No. You cheated me out of this. Alright. Not that I thought that maybe it was a moment of weakness. Maybe he was feeling pressure, he or she was feeling pressure. No. You did me wrong. I'm drawing this line. Goodbye. That's the world we live in. So you'll die for Jesus. Right? You'll die for Jesus. What will you love for Jesus? Will you forgive for Jesus? [00:15:32] (35 seconds)  #ChooseForgiveness

A child all the way to the last breath. We have work to do. Jesus has work to do in us. It doesn't have to be something as as crazy as, you know, going across the world. But you know what? There's somebody that is feeling something. Show them love. Man, I could tell you what, with everything that's going on, a little bit of Jesus' love out there would be would go a long way. Okay? And just do that, not for any reason except for the fact that we've been recommissioned. [00:14:40] (38 seconds)  #RecommissionedToServe

So Joe, when you when you go there and you think you got this whole thing figured out, and you humble yourself and you get on your knees and you look up and you pray, we've got work to do. And that's exactly what he does. So what's the big idea? Right? What's the big idea? Because Jesus is risen, failure is not final. His grace pursues, restores, and recommissions even those who have fallen the hardest. Recommissions. [00:14:03] (38 seconds)  #GraceRestores