(John 21 v 18 & 19)
The "feed my sheep" exchange between Jesus and Peter followed an amazing miracle
Which probably reminded Peter of an earlier occasion.
Peter was discovering something that lay beyond repentance
Restoration.
It was always Jesus' intention that Peter would love the flock of God
And feed them.
But there is more than a hint about how this would play out in future years.
To be taken by the hand
And led to places where "you do not want to go"
And this rather enigmatic statement was to signify
How this particular disciple was to die.
But the question is - is it only Peter?
Or is it me as well?
What happens when I truly give up my agenda
And hand everything I am over to Jesus?
All my plans, that in my spiritual youth I was so full of?
Now, I hold out my hand and allow myself to be led
Perhaps to places and into situations
That I would rather not go
But, in doing so, I die the kind of death that He wants for me,
And find that, somehow, God is glorified.