The people who knew Simon knew he was impulsive and tended to put his foot in his mouth. But Jesus saw something else in him; that\u2019s why He renamed him Peter, implying he was a stone suitable for a foundation. <\/p>\n
Can\u2019t you imagine the look on the other disciples\u2019 faces when Jesus said, \u2018You are Peter\u2026 upon this rock I will build My church, and\u2026 hell will not conquer it\u2019<\/i> (Matthew 16:18 NLT)? Yet Peter did indeed become a founding pillar and respected leader in the early church. And all because of Christ\u2019s ability and willingness to look beyond the surface and see what was on the inside. <\/p>\n
Being made in God\u2019s likeness gives a person amazing potential, but sometimes it takes \u2018a man of understanding\u2019 to recognise it and draw it out. Too many of us see only what is on the surface. So we are quick to peg someone as arrogant, or quick-tempered, or weak, etc. But when you have spiritual insight, you see beyond all that, to the hopes and fears behind the person\u2019s behaviour. We don\u2019t need more self-appointed critics, we need: <\/p>\n
(1) Parents who pray for their children, look beyond their flaws, and draw out their uniqueness. <\/p>\n
(2) Spouses who search for the hidden treasure in their mates. <\/p>\n
(3) Business leaders who treat their workers with respect, and match their responsibilities with their talents. <\/p>\n
(4) Believers who forgive immature, stumbling fellow Christians and work to develop them. <\/p>\n
(5) Soul winners who see lost people through the eyes of Jesus and recognise what His transforming power can do. So pray for spiritual insight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The people who knew Simon knew he was impulsive and tended to put his foot in his mouth. But Jesus saw something else in him; that\u2019s why He renamed him Peter, implying he was a stone suitable for a foundation. Can\u2019t you imagine the look on the other disciples\u2019 faces when Jesus said, \u2018You are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}