Message from Scripture: 5/2/2020
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Good day! Today, our message from Scripture comes from John 21:20-22:. “Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, Lord, what about this man?’ Jesus said to him, ‘If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!’”
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Did you ever, growing up have someone tell you, most likely your parents, “Mind your own business?” It would seem in this passage of Scripture that is what our Lord reminded Peter to do. Earlier Jesus convinced Peter that, even though he had denied the Lord three times, He still had a place of service for him in His kingdom. What Peter needed to do was to focus on his own life, rather than others. The apostles earlier during Jesus ministry had argued among themselves who was the greatest, but now Peter needed to learn that, to best serve God, he needed to overcome those temptations that caused him to deny Jesus to begin with.
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We are all part of God’s family, but ultimately, the only person we can control is oneself. Paul knew this too. He would say, “But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified” (1 Cor. 9:27).
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After what had happened at His trial and crucifixion, Peter needed to be concerned on overcoming Satan’s designs on him, on being more effective in being the person God needed him to be, than in having charge over others. The time would come for him to, once again, choose whether to deny or die for the Lord. If he pursued the spiritual life God had for him to live, when it counted, he would be found faithful by His Lord. Only he could make that decision and live that life. No one else could do it for him, no one else could boss him into it, no one else could oversee the affairs of his life to make it happen.
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God has a life for us all to live. Each of us must answer to God. May we all live so our lives bring glory to God. Have a great day. God bless.
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Robert