Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, “But Lord, what about this man?”
John 21:21
Why are we so preoccupied with what Jesus is having others do? I think it is because we think Jesus is going to give them an easier job, better reward or some other possible perceived inequity. Do we really think Jesus is going to cheat us? At some level we must be afraid of just that to ask, “What about him, Lord?”
Jesus isn’t like that. He does what is best for each of His disciples/friends. It is our own insecurities preyed upon by Satan that brings these fears to action. When these thoughts rise up against Jesus in our minds we need to fight them with the mighty weapons God has given us. We need to use the sound mind that God has given us to tear down these towers that exalt themselves above Christ in our minds. We need to take out the shield of faith and quench the darts that tell us Jesus is somehow shorting us.
We need to remember the promises and the logic of scripture. Paul gives us this formula. If God sent His Son to die for us when we were outside of His family fighting against Him what will He Hold back now that He has adopted us into the family and given us His Spirit? This rhetorical question’s answer: Nothing!!
The Father will hold no good gift back from His children. He has only pleasures planned for us forever more as we are with Him in Heaven for eternity. He has promised that from heaven on His gracious blessing will only increase eternally. The world without end He has promised will be better and better. That way we can be assured that Jesus has our best in mind. We know He will not short us. We don’t have to make sure our brother isn’t getting more than us.
Safe in Him,
Pastor Jason
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