“Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance. But when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them. A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, "This man was with him." But he denied it. "Woman, I don't know him," he said. A little later someone else saw him and said, "You also are one of them." "Man, I am not!" Peter replied. About an hour later another asserted, "Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean." Peter replied, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!" Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: "Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly.”
Sometimes when certain situations are really really hard, some people who know us including our closest friends, might not only give up on us but completely disown us!
«Oh nooooo I don’t know who he (or she) is….»
«No, this person was never my friend, just an acquaintance»
The people who disown us when we most need them do it out of embarrassement over us. It causes them shame to say they are or were ever our friend because we only represent negativeness to them. They are embarassed to say that we are or were their friend in front of others because we aren’t cool or strong enough at this point.
The Lord may be working in our heart and soul transforming us during a very difficult period, but our disowners don’t see it and give up on us, denying they ever knew us. Instead of praising God for the work being done by the Lord on our souls, they run away and deny us! It’s horrible. Jesus went through it, so will His disciples.
Peter denied knowing Jesus three times to the people who recognized him as one of His disciples because he was embarrassed at what was happening to Jesus at that moment. Things weren’t supposed to be happening this way; the Messiah was supposed to be a strong, mighty and respected king! Peter was too embarrassed to associate with Him while He was being arrested, tried, questioned, humiliated…
God was in the process of realising His great act of Redemption for mankind but Peter couldn’t see nor understand that which is why he decided to despise Him instead of standing by Him; He just appeared as being too weak and was a disappointment for him.
Disownement: let’s carry that Cross with dignity and forgive those who are guilty of such an offense against us.
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