Distant Delight
“And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”” Luke 22:61 NKJV https://www.bible.com/114/luk.22.61.nkjv The secret of managing long distance relationship by maintaining focus on Jesus appears evident in the bitter denial experience of Peter. Although the physical manifestation of Peter’s problem appeared to start with his decision to follow the arrested Jesus afar of, he had been much more earlier subdued by overconfidence and prayer-less boasting. Physically, the distant-following circumstances in life might be inevitable. The emotional and spiritual detachment from Jesus resulted in Peter’s distractions and an elevated appraisal of maid and servants as secret agents of the high priest, chief priests and elders that arrested Jesus. Whereas, even while Jesus was under intense pain and agonizing suffering for no wrong of His, the undefeated Lord and Maste...