Why should He? Isaiah 42:8 Luke 22:31-34

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Isaiah 42:8 (NIV)
8 “I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.

Luke 22:31-34 (ESV)
31 “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, 32 but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” 33 Peter said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.” 34 Jesus said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day, until you deny three times that you know me.”

The first verse is one of those uh huh statements from God. I’m God. Period. I won’t yield on that He tells us, that’s how it is, how it has always been and will always be. “I am the Lord” He tells us. He refuses to yield. Why should He?

~700 years later, we have Christ telling Peter that Satan is after him, but he’s interceded on his behalf. God again refuses to cede His glory to idols.

Yet, Peter fails, as we all do. Just like Christ knows he will. What’s so cool about this is that Christ knows the same thing about us. We’ll fail. We’ll put idols in front of Him. We’ll listen to Satan whispering in our ear and make it our own. We’ll act in ways that don’t honor God.

It’s who we are, and Christ will intercede for us. Always. That’s amazing grace. That’s love. That’s hope. That’s the future.

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I Love The Father, Son and Holy Spirit and the blessings He has poured into my life. I pray that I live a life that glorifies Him in all I do, but I fail every day, many, many, many times. I have come here through brokenness, a trail of pain and broken promises that I've created through my self centeredness, self will and arrogance. For those I've hurt, please forgive me for what I did. Those things that I remember I am truly sorry I did them. I wish I could undo them. I can't. I use these lessons as motivation to be a builder, to take those experiences and hopefully keep someone else out of their own similar experiences. I love my wife, my children, my family, my friends, my strangers, and those the world would like to dismiss as an unfortunate error messing up worldly perfection. I get frustrated with all of the above too, for I am broken, not like God. Lord, give me your wisdom, your patience, and knowledge of your will for me and the strength to carry that out in all I do. I believe we have work to do while we are here and need to be actively engaged in allowing God to work through us. A Christian is someone who does what The Father, Son and Holy Spirit calls them to do, a builder not a taker, a conduit not a pinnacle, humble and serving. Micah 6:8 Matthew 25:31-46