Have you ever made eye contact with someone in a crowded room and know that you are thinking the same thing? It is as if you are having a conversation without speaking a word? That is exactly what Peter encountered with Jesus in the courtyard of the High Priest's house after Jesus had been arrested.

This was early in the morning, probably before sunrise, and Peter had only had a few moments sleep that he had stolen in the Garden of Gethsemane while Jesus was praying. Jesus had warned Peter the night before that he would deny Him three times before the cock would crow. In other words Peter was going to have a complete collapse of faith before the sun would rise.

Peter dismissed the idea as insane and vowed to die before he would deny Jesus, but things got real very quick in the garden. Jesus was betrayed by Judas and handed over to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard. There was an angry crowd that probably seemed to be growing more restless by the second. Peter and the other apostles had become very unpopular and their lives were in danger.

Peter had gone from boldly brandishing a sword in the garden to sneaking around in the shadows at the house of the high priest where Jesus had been taken. Something had made a believer of Peter, and he was now in survival mode. It is a human survival instinct called...