Mark 10:28 (NIV)
Peter said to him, “We have left everything to follow you!”
1 Chronicles 28:9-10 (NIV)
“And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever. 10Consider now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a temple as a sanctuary. Be strong and do the work.”
Peter may have fallen at times, but he was committed to Christ. He gave up his career and his home to follow and serve Christ. Such was the step all the disciples but Judas Iscariot took in their pledge to support the course of Christ on earth. They became full-time Christian workers at the expense of their lives.
Many believers today want to separate their spiritual life from their “real” or daily life. They just want a touch of Jesus. We are so much interested in what we can satisfy ourselves with; and not necessarily what we can offer.
Reflectively ask yourself this: as a youth growing up in the Lord, how committed am I to the cause of Christ? Am I able to deny the sinful desires of the flesh for the sake of Christ? Am I able to willingly share the love of Christ at the expense of my comfort? Am I able to sacrifice my time to intercede for the Church of God? Am I able to cheerfully give to promote the Kingdom Business?
Peter said, “we have left everything to follow you”. Have you left everything to follow Christ? Just think about it?
