Today in Chapel Paul Hurckman. He is a Graduate of North Central University.
He starts his message of with one of the most popular song ever recorded by Chumbawamba called Tubthumping. “I get knocked down but i get up again your never gonna keep me down.”
Do you remember when Shrek said That ogres are like onions they have layers. Well, we all have layers and some of our layers we show and emphasize more on then some of our other layers.
Peter in the bible is the man who walked on water, the man who did a lot of amazing things through and for Jesus yet when it came down to being asked if he was with Jesus when Jesus was on trial Peter Denied it three times. In that moment we saw all his layers, we know that peter loves Jesus and we rarely in the bible see Peter’s failures and faults but we see here that Peter isnt perfect. Peter had is up and down days. Yet he is a man that failed God but still got back up again and did amazing things For Christ because he told christ about is failures, asked for forgiveness and continued to follow after him.
We need to be people who when we fail are able to talk to a really trusted friend, or pastor and tell them our faults and failures so that they can help us not fail in that area of our lives any more. We are no longer allowed to to be people who keep our failures bottled up and hidden. If we hide our failures and make people think you do not struggle or sin then you are only fooling and hurting yourself. We need God’s help and the help of fellow brothers and sisters in Christ to help is with our temptations and failures.
We all fail but with the help of the people we love and trust we can get back up again and do amazing things for God just like peter did. When we let people see who really are then when we struggle then we can be accountable to or friends and pastors or mentors.
My challenge to myself is that i am going to set a plan in place that will help me stay accountable to many people. My Dad, Mom and my best friend Nick Reed. When we are accountable to people we trust and know that are christians then we can be honest and truthful with them. Never be accountable with someone you dont really know very well.
So i challenge all of you to show people who you really are and let those you really trust know what you struggle with. Have and accountability partner and be an accountability partner also.
