John 21:18-19 KJV Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. (19) This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.
In this scripture Jesus tells Peter that he would have to go somewhere he wouldn’t want to go if he was to continue following Him, and then says “follow me”. I find this verse interesting because Jesus had just questioned Peter’s love for Him the few verses before these. After Peter answered His questions correctly Jesus commissioned him to feed His sheep, and then turns right around and begins to tell Peter what kind of death he (Peter) would die. You see it’s easy to be happy when God calls you to do something great like feeding His sheep, but it’s not to pleasant to hear of the trials God is going to allow you to face in order to fulfill His calling. But just like Jesus said to Peter after warning him of the hard times to come Jesus still wants us to follow Him even when all we see ahead is a dark valley. Follow Jesus through all the ridicule, sorrow, pain, tears, and whatever else my come your way. If you do God will take the bad things done against you and turn them around to work for you. Romans 8:28 all things do works together for our good. God Bless!!!!!
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