Follow Me

This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, "Follow Me."  - John 21.19

Peter was an interesting guy. As soon as he had that talk with Jesus and was told to tend to Jesus’ sheep he looked over, saw John, and said ‘what about John? What is he going to do?’

Isn’t that just the way it is? We get a job to do and the first thing we think is ‘what is so and so supposed to do?’ We can be so afraid of having to do something more than the other guy that we don’t just get to the task but we worry about him first.

But Jesus didn't even deal with it. 'What is it to you if he just hangs around till I come again? You worry about following me.' (Even this was misunderstood. The rumour got out that Jesus said John wasn't going to die till Jesus came back.)

Leaving all that aside the lesson is pretty clear - don't worry about what the other guy does or doesn't do. Just follow Jesus and what he has for each of us.

We are not going to get anywhere if we worry about what everyone else is doing or not doing. Let’s determine to spend the next year following Christ, looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith, not looking at the storms around us but walking on the waters of our live with our eyes focused on Him. When we fall may we say ‘Lord save me,’ get up, and then follow on.

I have decided to follow Jesus, no turning back.