He began meddling in affairs that weren’t his. What did Josiah do? He didn’t mind his own business. He didn’t love, like Solomon, a bunch of strange women and let them pull his heart away to false gods like Solomon did. He didn’t apostatize and worship the Baals. The rest of the acts of Josiah and his good deeds are written in the book of the kings.īut you know what? Do you remember his major misstep? One big misstep cost him his life. And the Bible says, “There was no Passover like it had been kept in Israel since the days of Samuel the Prophet.” summarizes Josiah’s life. He told the priests, “Consecrate yourselves and prepare for your brothers to do according to the word of the Lord by Moses.” The singers, the sons of Asaph, were under Josiah’s leadership in Israel. He cut down the alters of Baal, and he was present himself when those men cut those alters to Baal down, the Bible says. He put the Ark in the Temple that Solomon built. He kept the Passover in Jerusalem, he appointed priests to their offices and encourage them in the service of the house of God. In 2 Kings, in 2 Chronicles, it gives his record. One of the best kings in Israel’s history. And he began purging Jerusalem of idols and carved images. At 16, the Bible says he began to seek the Lord seriously. You know, one of the greatest examples of this mistake is King Josiah. What is that to you oh though nosy Christian! Mind your own business, keep to your own stuff. Church leaders need to know, more often times for the protection, but generally speaking how much do we need to know about God’s business and other people’s lives. How much do we need to know about God’s purpose and will for others, even those were closes to? How much do we really need to know? Elders and pastors need to know. Even if the Lord wills for John to stay alive, even do is return, why would Peter even need to know? He doesn’t need to know anything about John. Jesus declines to satisfy Peters curiosity, it is no business of Peter’s of what is going to happen to John. How much are we carnally curious about other people’s issues when we haven’t even fully dealt with our own, and we aren’t fully obeying Christ as to what He’s shown us to do. That it’s none of your business, you follow Christ.” “Well I think they’re too young to be going to the mission field.” What’s that to you? You follow Christ.” “Well I don’t think they have the right view of which translation of the Bible to use. We say, “Well I don’t think that church over there is quite doing right. “What is that to you? What business is that of yours?” And how often do we need to hear this. Peter should leave all distractions alone because they weren’t his. Jesus restores the fallen Peter, reaffirms his calling, and has to rebuke the nosy Peter. He did not say, “Peter here’s your new commission: love me, feed my sheep, die for me, and oh here’s information about John because you’re responsible for him also.” He didn’t say that. If John’s future was Peter’s responsibility Jesus would have mentioned it to Peter. Our minds can so easily be on others paths more than our own path. How easy is it for people to become a distracting hindrance to our single eyed devotion. We’re not to be distracted by others and their calling, and God’s will for them, their situations and Peter was distracted with a viewpoint, an attitude, nosiness, meddling, and wondering about what was not his business. Christ called us, especially by those we love and are closes to. See we’re called not to be distracted by others. Well apparently not, because Peter turns, and looks at John and says “Well, what about him?” Why did Peter do that? It may have been, if he realizes he’s gonna die, he was close to John, he wonders is this his fate to? “What are you gonna do with John? What about John’s future?” And Jesus in essence said, “What about John? Was talking about John? Is my business about John’s future your business?” or as we would say, “This is on a need to know basis and guess what? What is that to you, follow me” And then the Lord says, “Follow me.” Wouldn’t that be enough for now? Think about it, here’s this big context of the Lord restoring Peter in love, calls him again to shepherd the sheep. Peter is distracted about God’s will for John. The Lord had said, “Follow me.” Peter turns and sees John. The Lord tells Peter, “keep your eyes only on me.” Now where do you find that? Well notice what the Lord had said to Peter at the end of verse 19, “Follow me.” But what did Peter do? The next sentence says he turned and saw John.
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