Just like me and you there was a time Simon Peter, the Apostle was yet to know what He ought to be.... Oh Yes, brother Peter can relate very well...
Luke 22:31 "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat;
Luke 22:32 but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers."What?? turned again???? did Peter backside??? YES HE DID!!! otherwise Peter would not had to turn again . .. you can not turn again unless you've first turned...Now before anyone even slightly considers to be judgmental in this case, consider your own struggles with sin. My brothers and sisters more often than not our conversion, the salvation of our souls (will, thought and emotions) is a purging process, purified by the fire of life's circumstances: These circumstances are fueled by the antics of Satan himself. We are being corrected and put into the place to participate in the very holiness of GOD HIMSELF. Otherwise without the shifting and the purging you will never ever know what you ought to be!!! We can never prove the will of GOD for our life..
Heb 12:10 For [our earthly fathers] disciplined us for only a short period of time and chastised us as seemed proper and good to them; but He disciplines us for our certain good, that we may become sharers in His own holiness.
The last few verses I reference sums it all up.
1 Pet 5:8 Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour.
1 Pet 5:9 Withstand him; be firm in faith [against his onset--rooted, established, strong, immovable, and determined], knowing that the same (identical) sufferings are appointed to your brotherhood (the whole body of Christians) throughout the world.
1 Pet 5:10 And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace [Who imparts all blessing and favor], Who has called you to His [own] eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will Himself complete and make you what you ought to be, establish and ground you securely, and strengthen, and settle you.
1 Pet 5:8 Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour.
1 Pet 5:9 Withstand him; be firm in faith [against his onset--rooted, established, strong, immovable, and determined], knowing that the same (identical) sufferings are appointed to your brotherhood (the whole body of Christians) throughout the world. 1 Pet 5:10 And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace [Who imparts all blessing and favor], Who has called you to His [own] eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will Himself complete and make you what you ought to be, establish and ground you securely, and strengthen, and settle you.
