Are you the Teacher’s pet? You may be appointed to be a disciple but you have to earn the right – through diligence to know truth – to be the Teacher’s pet. That’s why Jesus chose Peter. Jesus knew that if enough of Peter’s whys were answered, then the loudmouthed, nosey, obnoxious, fisherman would eventually become a great leader and apostle that God could use to get the world’s attention. God is no respecter of persons. He does not grant favor or special privileges based on human ability or earthly accomplishments. God does show favor to those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. God favors those who thirst to know the truth and desire, no matter how great the cost, to do the will of God. It is evident that Jesus gave more attention to the development of three of the disciples – Peter, James, and John. But there was something extra significant about the relationship between Jesus and Peter, and that’s what was so significant, the fact that they had a relationship. Through Peters’ persistence in asking questions, he initiated an exchange that developed a relationship between student and teacher. It caused the Teacher to spend special time with the student. Every time something sacred and significant happened in Jesus’ life and ministry, Peter was there. When Moses and Elijah appeared on the Mount of Transfiguration, who was there? When Jesus raised the little girl from the dead, He put everybody, including the family, out of the room, except for three of His disciples. Who was one of those disciples? Yes, you guess it, Peter! Everywhere and every time something exciting was going on in Jesus’ life and ministry, Simon Peter was there. Why would God spend special time with one student or child of God in comparison to any other child of God? Isn’t that showing partiality? Does not God love all His children just the same? The answer to that question is yes, God does love all His children with the same degree of love. But God is a wise businessman as well as the sovereign Lord. He spends extra time, not based upon His loving one more than any other, but because the Father God knows, as well as Jesus, that you invest more time in individuals who exhibit a greater desire to know the truth, operate in those truths, and wish to influence and persuade others with that truth. God desires for us to know His will more than we even want to know it. If we are willing to ask God why and let Him transform us into receiving His will, God will show us His favor and answer the why of our heart. *Amen* ~T.D. Jakes “Why? Because you are anointed?”
Posted on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:22:10 +0000
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