These were the words of Peter shortly before he denied Christ.  Now, many would scoff at Peter at how quickly his bold words melted away.   The solemn pledge that he made to the Lord within a few hours was replace with uncompromising denial of evening knowing Him.  How can a man change so fast?  How can we?  Sometimes in a hostile environment our testimony can crash.  When everyone around us is speaking things against Christ or the way of righteousness we can wither like a flower on a hot day.  How can our testimony change so fast?  When we get our eyes on our circumstance instead of Christ, we can think that what we are experiencing is something that cannot be overcome.  We have to keep our eyes on Jesus.  Peter may have failed that moment,   but he went on to serve the Lord and turn the world upside down for Jesus.  Oh, by the way, he did die for his testimony.  It's not how you start, but how you finish that matters. 


Pastor Joel