Good Morning Friends,
“Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom
Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against
Jesus at the supper and had said, 'Lord, who is going to betray you?') When
Peter saw him, he asked, ‘Lord, what about him?’ Jesus answered, ‘If I want him
to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.’ Because
of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. But
Jesus did not say that he would not die; he only said, ‘If I want him to remain
alive until I return, what is that to you?’” (John 21:20-23)
Life is unfair. That’s the obvious conclusion
that we have to draw when we look around us at the various things that
different people face in their lives.
For some people it seems like life goes
without a hitch. They never lose a job. They never lose anyone close to them in
death, except at very old ages. They never face any serious health problems.
They are well into their 80s or 90s in relatively good health and then die
peacefully. I’ve known people whose lives were like that, you probably have, too.
At the other extreme, there are people who seem
to have constant problems. They suffer from one sickness after another. They
lose a spouse to death very early in life. They can’t seem to find and hold a
decent job. Their kids give them trouble constantly. Then they die an early death
after a significant period of illness.
For most of us, life is somewhere in the
middle of those two extremes. It isn’t perfect, but it isn’t as bad as it could
be.
The truth is, you have to deal with different
things in life than anyone else around you. Life is not fair. Life is kind of
like poker, some people draw a straight flush and some people don’t even get a
pair!
When Peter questioned the fairness of what he
would have to face in life compared to what another disciple would face, Jesus
said, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You
must follow Me.” That’s the point: our responsibility is to follow Jesus
through whatever is dealt to us in life.
Life is not fair, that’s just the way it is.
Follow Jesus through whatever!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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