DAILY?READINGS: 1 Samuel 30-31; Micah 1-2; Romans 9:1-29
Peter seeing him [John] saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. John 21:21-22
Many things can distract us and cause us to take our eyes off of Jesus. In Peter’s case it was a storm (Matt. 14:3) and on another occasion it was the splendour of the transfiguration (Matt. 17:1-5). In today’s reading, he was occupied with what John would be doing. Jesus lovingly admonishes Peter to “Mind his own business” and to refocus on following Him. May we also seek the Lord’s help to refocus from the many distractions in our lives and to refocus again onto our Lord and Saviour. —E. V.
O fix our earnest gaze, so wholly Lord on Thee,
That with Thy beauty occupied, we elsewhere none may see. —C. Bernstein