Re: Verse reading–John 21:1-25 (day three)
“Lord, what about him?” We’ll often pursue anything except the hard work of self-leadership. Self-leadership understood in light of our apprenticeship to Jesus is the act of ruthless moral inventory, confession of sin, and training in righteousness. In Psalm 139, we see the proper progression of thought towards self-leadership: “I hate those who hate you, Lord…I count them my enemies.” And then, “Search me, God…know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me…” [Emphasis added] This is a move from external observation to internal yielding. Peter moves in the exact opposite direction. After discussing the need to surrender his spirit to Jesus’s lordship, Peter moves to the far less painful topic of other people. Jesus rebukes him, as he will all of us: You. Follow. Me.
