What's That to You?

20 Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, the one who also had leaned back against him during the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?”
21 When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?”
22 Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!”
23 So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?”  - John 21:20-23

I've been told that comparison is the enemy of peace.

In the above scripture Peter, who has just been reinstated as a disciple after denying Christ three times, gets side-tracked by his competition with John. Jesus has told him about his mission of leadership but Peter wants to know what John's job is going to be.

Jesus' response is to tell Peter that it is none of his business. His focus is to be on following Christ.

Sometimes lessons that make sense in the Bible are much messier in my life. As a compulsive overrater there are many foods I have to avoid. Eating them sets me up for craving and binges. Sometimes watching other people eating my trigger foods bothers me. I start thinking how unfair it is that those people can eat whatever they want. Then Jesus reminds me that my food plan is part of my spiritual life and what other people eat is none of my business. My calling is to follow Him.