Don’t Overestimate Yourself
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Mark 14:26-31. Let’s go!
Mark 14:26-31 (NIV)
26 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
27 “You will all fall away,” Jesus told them, “for it is written: “‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
28 But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
29 Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I will not.”
30 “I tell you the truth,” Jesus answered, “today–yes, tonight–before the rooster crows twice you yourself will disown me three times.”
31 But Peter insisted emphatically, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” And all the others said the same.
On verses 26-31: Peter was so sure and passionate about his commitment to Jesus that he acted as if nothing could possibly shake him. Not even Jesus’ Scripture-based prophecy that all the disciples would fall away (v27) seemed to affect Peter’s confidence that he would remain faithful to Jesus till the end. “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you”, Peter says in verse 31. But that was more Peter’s own pride speaking. Peter underestimated his own weakness and how on his own, without Jesus’ help, he didn’t stand a chance of hanging onto his faith. Peter wasn’t the only disciple who made this mistake. All the other disciples made the same mistake. Peter was just the most vocal about it.