The Father's Menu

The Father's Menu

Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh

Friday, August 10, 2018

THE ‘PETER’ YOU NEED TO WATCH

We all have our “Peters” in the form of our husbands, wives, children, parents, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, true friends,  etc; people who love us sincerely and do not want to see us get hurt. They wish us the very best that life has to offer, and seeing us full of joy gives them joy. Sometimes, though, in trying to protect us from harm, or in a bid to do us good, our “Peters” say no to what is clearly the will of God for our lives because they cannot see it bringing us anything but pain and sorrow.

Unfortunately, a lot of Christians don’t know what to do when “Peter” says no to the will of God. They know that “Peter” loves them, and, desiring to show their appreciation for “his” love, they walk away from the will of God, and plunge themselves into darkness, piercing themselves through with many sorrows. For instance, “Peter” will say no to your plan to marry that poor, struggling brother whom you know, by the conviction of the Holy Spirit, to be your God-chosen husband. Instead, “he” wants you to marry that son of a millionaire who has promised to love, cherish and spoil you with everything that money can buy if you marry him. “Peter” will kick against your decision to quit your fantastic job to go into the work of the ministry, which is what God has instructed you to do. “Peter” cannot understand your decision to abandon the city with all the comfort it has to offer in order to move to a remote village where there are no good roads, no electricity, no pipe-borne water, good hospitals, etc all because the Lord has called you to be a missionary there. “Peter” will say no to your decision to stick with your wife of many years because of  what…?. “He” wants you to forget about Christianity for once and help yourself because heaven helps those who help themselves. You have to fear God always.

Prayer: Keep me from wrong people.

Further Reading:  Matthew 16:20-23

Read through the Bible: Job 18 & Acts 2