We responded by telling him about what we'd accomplished only hours earlier -- winning an online poker tournament, after going to heads-up play with a substantial deficit. The margin was in the neighborhood of 48,000 to 10,000, yet we came back to win.
Seemingly ridiculous comebacks can happen in poker. They even can happen in life. One of the greatest examples of that occurred in the Bible -- to one of Jesus's loyal disciples.
Peter replied, "Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will." "I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "This very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times." - Matthew 26:33-34This disciple vowed to be loyal to the bitter end. But by the end of this chapter of the Bible, Peter was the one in bitter tears.
Then he began to call down curses on himself and he swore to them, "I don't know the man!" Immediately a rooster crowed. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: "Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly. - Matthew 26:74-75Yet to his credit, Peter did not do what another disciple did on that fateful night. Judas Iscariot admitted he sinned by turning Jesus over to be arrested -- then "went away and hanged himself" (27:4-5). Peter instead lived to see the resurrected Christ, receive compassion from the Savior (John 21:15-19) and go on to do great things for God.
Then Peter said, "Silver of gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk." Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man's feet and ankles became strong. - Acts 3:6-7Before his life ended, Peter even wrote two books of the New Testament. All hope might have seemed lost for him. But he didn't simply throw it "all in" in emotional frustration -- and that proved to be a big difference between Peter and Judas. It could be a difference in how your poker games (and other things) go as well.
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