No professing Christian would endorse the idea of hiding one’s faith.
And certainly no Christian would justify lying about his or her belief in Jesus Christ.
But that’s just what Peter did on the night of Christ’s arrest.
And that’s what we’ve likely done more times than we can remember.
What? The three denials of Peter are recorded in Luke 22:54-62 for all to see, as is his intense shame and guilt that followed.
But what about us?
We’ve never told a Roman slave girl or any other Romans servants that we didn’t know Jesus, so how are we guilty like Peter?
When people at work have bad-mouthed Christians and we’ve said nothing in defense of faith because we feared peer pressure, have we not denied our faith in a sense?
When kids at school invited us to a party and activities occurred there that no Christian should embrace, yet you partied hardy, did you not deny your relationship with Christ?
If I have ever kept my mouth shut about faith in Christ because I didn’t want to upset the non-Christian supervisor who decided on raises, haven’t I done essentially the same thing as Peter?
The fact is that hiding our faith when we think it will lead to our harm is no different than what Peter did.
His moments of denial were simply far more dramatic.
Please, my friend, wear your faith on your sleeve. At ALL times.
It’s never good to hide it.
Instead, trust it.
No matter what you face, God will lift your spirits and, ultimately, your soul.
And you’ll have the clear conscience that is SO incredibly valuable in an increasingly conscience-challenged world.
As always, I love you
Martin
