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Humble Hero
How many today are interested in the affairs of others, anxious
to know their duty, while in danger of neglecting their own! It is
our work to look to Christ and follow Him. Beholding Him, we will
become transformed.
John lived to see the destruction of Jerusalem and the ruin of
the temple—a symbol of the last ruin of the world. To his last
days he closely followed his Lord. Jesus had restored Peter to his
apostleship, but the honor Peter received from Christ had not given
him supremacy over the others. Christ made this plain in answer to
Peter’s question, “What about this man?” He had said, “What is that
to you? You follow Me.” Peter was not honored as the head of the
church. He had much influence in the church, but the lesson Christ
taught him by the Sea of Galilee Peter carried with him throughout
his life.
Writing to the churches, Peter said, “The elders who are among
you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings
of Christ, ... Shepherd the flock of God ... not as being lords over
those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock; and when
the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that
does not fade away.”
1 Peter 5:1-4
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