My dear young friend, you might be in a confused state right now thinking about your backslidden Spiritual life and you might have a doubt whether Jesus will come into your life again and will bless you. Let me encourage you my dear friend. Jesus Christ will surely come into your life again and He will bless you with His blessings. Do not be discouraged thinking about your past. You have Jesus Christ who loves you more.
Let’s take the life of Peter as an example and divide his life into four phases as follows:
Phase 1: PETER WITHOUT JESUS
Luke 5:5 “And Simon answering said to Him, Master we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing....”
You can clearly see in this phase that Peter was without Jesus. Since he doesn’t have Jesus in his life, he didn’t have blessings too. But what happens when Jesus enters into Peter’s life.
Phase 2: JESUS ENTERS INTO PETER’S LIFE
Luke 5:6,7 “And when they had this done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes and their net broke. And they beckoned to their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came and filled both the ships, so that they began to sank.”
Peter’s life was once void without any blessings. Then as Jesus entered into his life and as he began to do things according to the counsel of Jesus, he gets an overflowing blessing. As Peter received Jesus into his life, he received blessings too. Did Peter stand firmly in the relationship with Jesus?
Phase 3: PETER’S BACKSLIDING
John 21:3 “Simon Peter said to them, I go a fishing. They said to him, we also go with you. They went forth and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.”
Jesus Christ entered into Peter’s life and transformed his life from catching fishes to catching people. But Peter decides to go back to his previous life and in that process, he left Jesus. That night Peter would have felt guilty that his life has got no blessing because he went back to his old life. He might have doubted whether Jesus will accept him again. Did Jesus accept Peter?
Phase 4: JESUS ENTERS INTO PETER’S LIFE AGAIN
John 21:4,6 “But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. And He said to them, cast the net on the right side of the ship and you shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.”
My dear young friend, this is the wonderful loving character of Jesus Christ. Even though as Peter went away from Him, Jesus comes into Peter’s life again and He restores back the broken relationship. Not only that, Jesus fills the life of Peter again with overflowing blessings. Jesus Christ is a loving God who will not cast anyone who comes to Him.
Even today my dear young friend, you might have left Jesus as Peter did. You might have lost your entire Spiritual and worldly blessings. You might have lost the peace of your life. Don’t worry. Jesus Christ loves you and His hands are stretched forth towards you. He is waiting for you. If you surrender your life to Jesus Christ again, He will restore the broken relationship and fill you with His overflowing blessings.
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