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My Daily Meditation For The Circling Year by John Henry Jowett

MARCH The Twenty-fifth THE FEAR OF MAN

JOHN xviii.15-27.

And this is the disciple who had been surnamed |The Rock|! Our Lord looked into the morrow, and He saw Simon's character, compacted by grace and discipline into a texture tough and firm as granite. But there is not much granite here! Peter is yet loose and yielding; more like a bending reed than an unshakable rock. A servant girl whispers, and his timid heart flings a lie to his lips and he denies his Lord.

Peter denied the Master, not because he coveted money, but because he feared men. He was not seeking crowns, but escaping frowns. He was not clutching at a garland, but avoiding a sword. It was not avarice but cowardice which determined his ways. He shrank from crucifixion! He saw a possible cross, and with a great lie he passed by on the other side.

But the Lord has not done with Peter. He is still |in the making.| Some day he will justify his new name. Some day we shall find it written: |When they saw the boldness of Peter, they marvelled|! Once a maid could make him tremble. Now he can stand in high places, |steadfast and unmovable|!

From the spirit of cowardice and from all temporising, and from the unholy fear of man, deliver me, good Lord!

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