“Then Simon Peter drew a sword and slashed off the right ear of Malchus, the high priest’s slave.”
John 18:10 (NLT)
Peter’s boldness is impossible to ignore. In the middle of a garden, surrounded by hundreds of soldiers and temple guards, he draws a sword and swings. That is not fear. That is courage. And it matters that Jesus had already instructed the disciples to carry a sword. The problem was not Peter’s boldness—it was his timing and his aim.
Peter misapplied what Jesus had said. He pointed his courage at the wrong moment, in the wrong direction, trying to stop what God was actually accomplishing. Jesus corrects him, heals the ear, and restores the situation—not to erase Peter’s wiring, but to preserve it for what was coming.
Because that same boldness would one day be submitted, refined, and filled with the Holy Spirit. In Acts 2, Peter stands up again—this time not with a sword, but with truth. Not to defend Jesus from suffering, but to proclaim His resurrection. And thousands are saved.
God does not need you to squash your wiring. He does not ask you to hide it, erase it, or be less than who He made you to be. He invites you to align it. To aim it. To submit it.
What has God placed inside you that can be used for harm or for His glory? Today, take one small step to surrender it. Be like the Peter in Acts 2—not the Peter in John 18.