You may know the scene...I know it all too well. Peter is walking with Jesus...the recently RISEN Jesus, no less!...and he turns and sees John, 'the disciple whom Jesus loved', and possibly with a tone of envy Peter says, "Lord, what about him?"
Jesus has just spent several verses (v. 15-19) laying out the call on Peter's life. He summed it up with "Follow Me." Now Peter turns, sees the "favorite" and asks, 'What about him??' Was Peter concerned for his friend or was he jealous and thinking his own calling was harder, slower moving or less noticed than that of John?
In a recent article I read, Margaret Feinberg says, "[God] can do great things through those who are slow and steady...I need to just press my nose to His shoulder blades." What a great picture! As I press into Jesus, focusing only on HIS call on MY life, I move at His pace and see only Him.
Oh, how I want my life lived to the full and poured out as an offering with my nose pressed to his shoulder blades!
4 comments:
Oh yes - this is good. That's where my nose needs to be too.
'Oh, how I want my life lived to the full and poured out as an offering with my nose pressed to his shoulder blades'!
Can I just say, "True That"!!
What an awesome quote, my friend. That is so very much how I want to live and how I want to be remembered.
Leah
And you know, the more I have thought about it...if my nose is pressed against His shoulder blades then I am blind to all else! Praise Him!
~m
A good reminder, Mariel. Nose to the shoulder blades...
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