Due Diligence

Acts of the Apostles 28:16-20, 30-31~~~ Psalm 11 ~~~ John 21:20-25 ~~~

 

What concern is it of yours?
You follow me.

 

Were those who loved Jesus were concerned about his wellbeing?

Or was their concern rooted somewhere more personal?

Peter became suspicious of everyone, even the disciple Jesus loved the most.

It almost seem ironic since Peter himself would

disassociate himself from Jesus later.

 

Jesus reprimands Peter.

It is of no concern to Peter.

Peter had the responsibility to follow Jesus with all of his energy.

Concerning himself with who was about to betray Jesus

was diverting his energy from the primary place.

 

What might the message be for us today?

If we are truly following Jesus;

our eyes are fixed on him.

We are not capable of understanding the ways of God.

What if I want him to remain until I come?

 

Jesus will take care of every conceivable life situation...

we must trust that he will.

Jesus could have handled Judas differently, but he chose

to allow it to unfold without intervention.

He could have approached Judas and asked him

 to not show up for his last meal with twelve.

 

Jesus, more often than not,

 handles situations very differently than we would expect.

 

 

John tells us in these closing sentences

that the information about Jesus was too much to entirely record.

I do not think the whole world would contain the books
that would be written.

 

What has been preserved in the Bible gives us much information about Jesus.

 If we reflect and study the Bible we can picture how

the presence of Jesus would effect a specific scenario.

 

Not surprisingly, whatever our first reaction to a given situation is

the presence of Jesus would change it.

 

Jesus spared the life of the one who would commit a grave sin against him.

Most of us would not be able to do the same.

 

My prayer is to acquire a mind more like the mind of Jesus. 

 The more often we are conscious of our actions

the more often we might be able to align with Jesus

 

This requires daily diligence.

Always know that God is with you...

supporting you...

guiding you.