Personal Perception Vs Divine Destiny

We often see ourselves as much less than what God has planned for us.  Our personal perception can stunt our development and distort our destiny.  When God looks at you, He sees the powerful world changer He created you to be.  Unfortunately, so many times we do not believe everything that God says through his Word even though we try.  We don't fully believe that we are forgiven of all our sins.  So much so that if we have accepted Christ and asked forgiveness, they have been cast as far as the east is from the west (Psalm 103:11-12).  God has great plans for you, look at Jesus' interaction with Peter and the difference between what Peter sees in himself and what Jesus sees in him.  When Peter realizes that he is in the presence of Jesus, the Son of God, in Luke chapter 5 (8-11), he tell Jesus, "Go away from me, for I am a sinful man!"  But Jesus does not see only a sinful man in Peter.  He sees the man who has enough faith to be the disciple that claims Jesus is the Christ (Matthew 16:13-16), to be the man who walks on water to meet him (Matthew 14:30), to be the man who will lead the disciples after his death and resurrection and preach so powerfully at Pentecost that 3000 men will follow Jesus that day alone (Acts 2:40-41).  Jesus doesn't see a sinful fisherman, he sees the man who will be the foundation for the church's early movement.  If Jesus saw all this in a common fisherman, what does he see in you?  What great heights will he have you climb?  Here's the catch (ha, get it, catch... he was a fishermen... oh, never mind), to find out you have to let go of everything you hold sacred and cling to everything HE holds sacred.  The encounter with Jesus ends like this: "So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything they had and followed him."