“Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, ‘But Lord, what about this man?’ Jesus said to him, ‘If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me.’” John 21:21-22, NKJV.
Before Jesus ascended to heaven, he gave Peter and John two different instructions on what their assignments were when he is gone. As Peter asked Jesus about John’s assignment, Jesus’ response was essentially what I tell John to do doesn’t concern you. Let your focus be on what I’ve told you to do.
You may see another believer doing things that are different right now from what you’re being led to do. That’s okay. Their assignment may be different from yours. Let your focus be on what has Jesus told you to do during these pivotal moments we are living in. What is He telling you to do regarding your call? What is He telling you to do regarding leading your family? What is He telling you in the midst of a pandemic? How is God telling you to respond to injustice, protesting, and all of the unrest? Whatever it is, do it for God. Don’t do something for man, but because the Lord told you to.
Prayer: Father, I glorify You and praise You for all you’ve done for me. Thank You for speaking to me to keep my focus on what You want me to do and how to respond to what’s happening around me. Help me not to be moved by man, but only move by Your Spirit directing me. The best place for me is always in faith and in Your will. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Study: John 21:15-23, Romans 1:16-17 & 8:14
I am asking for prayers for me and my family my household I have my husband who suffers from pancreatitis diabetes and a spinal problem he is not working or receiving any disability I have a teenage daughter who just graduated last year 19 years old and is trying to make it in college but does not have a car or a driver’s license I have a mother-in-law who lives with us who it works as a babysitter for her niece and only pays $80 a month by paying our water bill I work a full-time job at O’Reilly’s as a driver and get paid every 2 weeks about $600 I try to make ends meet try to survive and pay what I can each month I live paycheck to paycheck but it is very stressful in this house and especially stressful for my daughter right now because she has to count on myself or her grandmother to take her to school and bring her home in time for her to go to work at McDonald’s which is her first very first job and has constantly been late she is trying to find a job on campus in between classes she feels depressed all the time and like she is not worthy of staying here at home or that she can’t please anybody I have spoke to her about it and I’ve tried to be there for her and let her know that she just do what she does best going to school and it’s a bills are not her problem my husband sits in his room so stressed out and depressed constantly tells me he wants to work but that he can’t nobody will hire him I tried to hold the piece here at home and at work I try to cheer everybody up and try to be The Peacemaker of everything it is very hard and I get stressed out myself lately I come home and I start to drink alcohol which is not good I know please pray for me that I stop the alcohol addiction that I and I find peace in my home peace between the family especially between me and my husband and my husband and my daughter I pray that my mother in Lost finds a place of our own blankets out of our home