Mind your own business

Jesus said to him, “If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me.”

John 21:22

It is important to know the context of this verse. This is at the end of the Book of John when it tells the story of Jesus asking Peter three times "do you love me?" A frustrated Peter asserted his love three times and then when Jesus said, "follow me" Peter responded like "what about him?" referring to John. That's when Jesus practically said to him, "mind your own business and worry about yourself, follow me."

It's a quite familiar scene with kids. The teacher tells a student to do something and the child says, "but why doesn't Mary have to do that?"

We know what we need to do, we know what God wants us to do, yet we are always looking for a way out. When we see someone take the easy route we wonder why we have to take the challenging path.

Think of how much trouble humanity gets into with this issue. Whether its keeping up with the Joneses or postponing action on account that someone else hasn't taken action, its all a recipe for bad things to come.

While we are called to help one another, we still have to mind our own business and make sure our actions in our paths are focused on following God and nobody else. He never plans for our destruction, his path for us is the optimal path to victory. Consider Psalm 119:105 which says "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." He will always light OUR path, let's follow it.