I read Luke 22. I always marvel at the interchange between Jesus and Peter. Verse 31-32 says, “…Simon, Simon! Indeed, satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.”

In verse 34 the Lord warned Peter that he would deny Him three times. Jesus was arrested. Verse 54 says that Peter followed at a distance. In verses 57, 58, and 60 his denials were recorded. Verse 61 says, “And the Lord turned and looked at Peter…” Oh what a moment of understanding!

Verses 61-62 says, “…Then Peter remembered…So Peter went out and wept bitterly.” It seems that Peter did not take Jesus’ words about the sifting seriously. Within the same day he fell into the enemy’s sieve.

Amos 9:9 was written about Israel. Yet there is a promise that we can apply. It says, “…I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve; yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground.”