Have You Felt The Hurt?

                                        John 21:17
                      "Jesus said unto him the third time,
                                     Lovest thou Me?"  

          Have you felt the hurt of the Lord to the place where the real sensitiveness of your life is lodged?  The devil never hurts there, neither sin nor human affection hurts there, nothing goes through to that place but the word of God.  "Peter was grieved because Jesus said unto him the third time;"  He was awakening to the fact that in the real true center of his personal life he was devoted to Jesus, and he begun to see what the patient questioning meant.  There was not the slightest strand of delusion left in Peter's mind, he never could be deluded again.  There was no room for passionate utterance, no room for exhilaration or sentiment.  It was a revelation to him to realize how much he did love Jesus; and that there was no one in heaven above or upon earth beside Jesus Christ.  Peter did not realize this until the probing, hurting question of the Lord came.  The Lord's question will always reveal us to ourselves.
         Our Lord never asks questions until the right time.  Rarely, but probably at least once, He will get us into a corner where He will hurt us with His undeviating question, and we will realize that we do love Him far more deeply than any profession can ever show.    Amen!!
 
                                     May God Bless You
                                      And Your Families

                                                   Minister:  Robert A. Lail
                                                   The Cross Life Ministry