Refreshed And Recharged! (I Am Recharged, I Am Prepared For Eternity)

What do you think Peter was hurt when Jesus asked him the 3rd time? Because Peter learned his lesson the hard way. Jesus asked him the 3rd time to instill to him of being honest to himself if Peter can really take the leadership from that day among the disciples and other believers.

How honest are we today that we need God? Or maybe, we are like Peter showing how strong we are yet deep inside, we are full of worries and struggles of life. To be refreshed is to be honest of what we feel about God today.

2. We must be Humble and willing to repent.

This is the experience of David in 2 Samuel 12. When King David committed adultery with Bathsheba, he also killed her husband Uriah to the hands of the Ammonites in order to cover up the sin of David. Later on, the Prophet Nathan rebuked David by stating a story of injustices between a wealthy man with many sheep and a poor man with only 1 sheep. The wealthy man forcefully killed the only sheep of the poor man instead of killing one of the many sheep he has. David angrily responded in v5 “David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this must die! 6He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.”

7Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man!”

But look at the attitude of David in 2 Samuel 12:13-14 13“Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away your sin. You are not going to die. 14 But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the Lord, the son born to you will die.”

Because of David’s humility, his life was not struck by God but as a consequence of that sin his son to Bathsheba will be dead. David could not lie before God and instead he humbled himself before God. He knew he committed sin against God and did not give any excuses before Him.

If we recall David’s action before this, he declined to join the war against the Ammonites in chapter 11 of 2 Samuel, a thing that a king like him will never do. But because of the past victories, Bible scholars believed that David was full of pride and that he thought that he is strong enough to withstand any forces against him including temptation. But he was wrong. He saw Bathsheba taking a bath from the roof of his palace and the rest is history.

Sometimes we are like David who fought many battles in life we won because of God’s mercy and grace. Yet there will come a time that we depend too much of our own strength instead of God’s and end up miserable because we failed God, we failed others expectation on us and we failed ourselves.

Look at David when he tried to keep his sins from God he was in agony, but when he confessed it, God forgave him.

Psalm 32:3-5

3When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

4For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.

5Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin.