Acts 2: 38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
40 With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.” 41 Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
Peter was just a regular guy! In fact, before Peter met Jesus, he was really just a big dumb fisherman – the kind of guy who relied more on muscle than on brains. Everybody in Peter’s home village was dumbstruck when Peter went off to join Jesus as one of his followers, and nobody thought it would last. “Peter? Ah! As for that man, he’ll be back pulling nets within a few weeks! No way is that guy serious about spiritual things!”
But, the nay – sayers were wrong! And Peter did follow Jesus. Oh, Peter choked up and denied Jesus at one point, but after that conversation with Jesus on the shores of the Sea of Galilee just before Jesus ascended, Peter never wavered. And when the Holy Spirit descended on all of the disciples at Pentecost, Peter was the one who stepped forward and explained to the marveling crowds what was going on. And people listened! And not only did the crowds listen, but 3,000 of them “embraced his message” and were baptized.
From Fisherman to Preacher – Peter’s transformation was nothing short of sensational! And we read that story and think “well, that’s great! But that was then and this is now. God probably doesn’t do that stuff any more.” Nothing could be further from the truth! Each and every day, God is transforming people, taking them from WIMP to WOW! It was not Peter who sat down to think up a message for those people that day. The Holy Spirit spoke through Peter. God used Peter, and God can use each one of us, if we will only let Him.
PRAYER:Father God, we thank you that you are the same yesterday, today, and forever. We thank you that you can use any one of us if we will only allow you. And we thank you most of all for sending Jesus to die for our sins, shedding his blood on Calvary. In the mighty and precious Name of Jesus. Amen.
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