Great Quote and Sunday Recap

Sue Sampson gave me a quote this Sunday and said that it would have fit perfectly in our Wild Goose series especially the message on routine. Here is the quote:

"In the absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia." -Anonymous

Sunday Recap:

We looked at the account of Peter denying Jesus three times ... then the rooster crowed. (Luke 22:31-61).

If the enemy can convince you that:
• You are still guilty
• That you are disqualified because of your sin
• That you are second class Christian
• Because of your sin, you are not worth anything

If we are convinced of any of these things we are living a defeated life and we are imprisoned by the cage of guilt. If the enemy can make us focus on our past or if can overwhelm us with guilt we won’t dream kingdom dreams or pursue kingdom purposes.

“It is much easier to act like a Christian than to react like one.” Most of are good actors-we can play the part. But our reactions reveal who we really are.”-Mark Batterson

I think there are moments in our lives when we fail so badly that we feel absolutely unworthy to receive the grace of God, and it’s those moments that make us or break us spiritually. Either we lock ourselves into this cage of guilt or we experience new dimensions of God’s grace. And it changes our lives.

Peter failed three times, Jesus reconditioned him three times. I love when this story took place. Verse 4 in Chapter 21, early in the morning. Jesus reconditioned Peter early in the morning which is when roosters crow. I wonder if from that moment, the rooster’s crow was no longer a reminder of failure for his feelings of guilt but it was a reminder of God’s grace that produced feelings of gratitude.

The grace of God is the difference between drowning in guilt and swimming in gratitude. And when your spiritual reflexes have been reconditioned by the grace of God, it frees you to come out of that cage and chase the Wild Goose and live a life of faith.