I Found It In My Business….

I recently saw a funny meme the other day. It said, “I’m returning your nose, I found it in my business”. The key to the Christian faith is simple. It’s personal. What I mean by that is it is solely based on your relationship with God (not someone else’s). Your personal walk. It’s not about being selfish, or self-centeredness, or even what your neighbor is doing, rather it’s about pursuing God personally. It’s about learning to be independently dependent upon God. The only way it works is if you pursue God daily, personally, and never start to compare yourself to others. Peter, having been set straight by Jesus, was feeling a little bit raw (vulnerable). He has been reminded of his blunder (denying Jesus three times), so he makes a reference to the Apostle John. Jesus lets Peter know that he needs to focus only on his own walk, and leave John out of the conversation. This shows us that we are to help others, pray for others, but we are never to compare ourselves with others, because God will do what He wants to do. His decisions and actions are out of our control. Our occupation with others’ business, isn’t where our focus should be. Our focus should be on ourselves, in a sense of self-evaluation in order to improve in the sanctification process. Your faith is exactly that, your faith. It belongs to you and you only. It’s personal. You don’t worry about other people’s faith, just focus on your own. You can’t rely on other people’s faith. It’s personal, so make it your own. God will honor you when you whole-heartedly pursue Him. That way, we will never have to worry about having our noses being returned to us.

20 Peter turned around and saw behind them the disciple Jesus loved–the one who had leaned over to Jesus during supper and asked, “Lord, who will betray You?” 21 Peter asked Jesus, “What about him, Lord?”22 Jesus replied, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? As for you, follow Me.” 23 So the rumor spread among the community of believers that this disciple wouldn’t die. But that isn’t what Jesus said at all. He only said, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?” John 21:20-23