What is that to thee? Follow thou me.
9/3/2017
John 21:21-22 (KJV)
21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?
22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.
Many times during my years as a minister’s wife I have heard people say things like; what is going to happen to Bro. So-in-so or Sis. Whos-it? They have broken God’s word and sinned, why haven’t they been punished? Why is God still blessing them? Well if God is allowing them to sin, then why can’t I? Here in John we see where God is telling Peter it doesn’t concern you how I deal with others. All I ask of you: follow thou me.
We are to follow God wherever he leads us. We are not to base our walk on what others do or believe. If God tells us that we are to go to a certain church that is 50+ miles away when there is a good church within ten miles of home. What are we supposed to do? Go where God tells us to go, follow where God leads.
We are to do what God tells us to do. Again, we are not to base how we dress or talk on how someone else talks or dresses. We are to do what it states in the Bible and then we are to ask God how much more refinement does he want. Leviticus 19:12 states that we are not to swear by God’s name falsely or to profane his name. In Exekiel 22:26 it states they have put no difference between the holy and profane neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean. We are a chosen people, a peculiar people we are to be a light into a sinful world.
How can we call ourselves a chosen people if we are just like everyone else? How can we be a peculiar people if we talk and act just like everyone we meet? How can we be a light unto the world if we do not live a life that is whole, clean and Christ-like? We are to study the Bible to find out how we can live closer to how God wants us to live.
When was the last time that God brought it to your attention that there was something in your life that needed to be changed. If it has been awhile, maybe it is time to do some soul searching and ask God to show you what you can do to be more Christ-like then you are now.
2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV)
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Above all else, as Jesus said to Peter: follow thou me.