“What if I want him to remain until I come? What concern is it of yours? You follow me.”
This rebuke of Peter is also a reminder to us to take care of our own business first when it comes to faith. Each of us is given a set of tasks to fulfill in our lives by God and it is our responsibility to concern ourselves with them and not with others. We follow Christ, not our family, friends, or neighbors. We might come to know, love, and serve everyone around us—as Jesus would—but we should not be so concerned with them that we ignore our own tasks. We need to focus on feeding and tending God’s children in the way He asks us to and sometimes that means doing things without or even against our family, friends, and neighbors. This does not mean that we do them without regard to these people or to spite them, but rather we do it because God calls us to do it. He should take precedence over everything and everyone in our lives.
What are the tasks God has set before us? How do we put aside our concern for others and focus on God’s Will? Is our faith in God our top priority?
O Lord, we follow you. Let our concerns be your concerns and not our own.
Amen.
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