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Fish, Feed, Follow Brother David Green

Ah, but no sooner had Christ’s injunction “follow thou me” left his mouth than Peter
“turning about” sees the disciple John and asks the Lord, “what shall this man do?”

(v.20). Peter’s impetuous temperament once again challenges his focus. Just as the
occasion when he asked to walk on the water to come to Christ (Matt. 14:28-31),
Peter once again turns his attention away from the Lord to another object and immedi-
ately the value of all that Christ has just revealed and instructed him begins to sink

from sight. Peter’s concern is so irrelevant and improper it elicits a blunt and almost
sarcastic response from Jesus, “If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
Follow thou me." It is the saint’s duty to first see to their own affairs and mind their
own duty to follow Christ. It is from the success of this order that by tending to the

beam of our own eye first we shall then see more clearly how to better attend to the
affairs of others (Luke 6:42). Christ would have us mind our own work and not be
curious about unknown events not revealed for our knowledge or concern. Too often
we are anxious about things which are of themselves nothing to us. We must be care-

ful not to intermeddle in other’s affairs where we have not been commissioned by the
Lord and His word. Many curious questions and concerns have occupied the mind
and time of a saint that could be better used in things profitable to the cause of Christ.
If we attend to the duty of following Christ as we ought, we shall find neither the heart

nor the time to occupy ourselves in things that evoke, “what is that to thee?” from the
Lord.

Here is our blessing. Here is our vessel: the child of God is under the wonderful obli-

gation to follow Christ. It is their honor as well as their duty. It is their safety to follow
Him and no other. It is for their comfort for every problem by which they are warmed
and feed. It ends in happiness here and hereafter when at death they shall glorify their
Father in heaven. And finally, at the sound of the last trumpet, in the twinkling of an

eye they are changed; incorruptible and immortal; with Christ their Savior forever
more. Therefore, beloved saints, be ye stedfast, always abounding in the work of the
Lord. For your labor is not in vain in the Lord (1Cor. 15:58). Fish, dear saint, and
“come and dine.” “Feed my sheep.” And always…“Follow thou me.”