What About Him?

If Jesus calls to you and says, "Follow me." If he requires a sacrifice fom you in order to serve His purpose, will you turn and point to another and ask,"What about Him?"
That is exactly what Peter had done (John 21:20-21). Jesus asked him to do a few things, "feed my lambs, take care of my sheep, feed my sheep, and finally Follow Me!" Peter must have felt like he was being singled out so he looked for another to shift some of the responsibility to. Jesus' response to Peter must have stung. He said to him, "If I want him (John) to remain, what is that to you? You follow me!"
Sometimes following may seem unfair. We feel singled out or picked on. We look around or think of someone we know and find ourselves asking, "Hey! What about him?" and the response would be the same. "What business of it is of yours? It is you I am asking."
This entire dialogue between Jesus and Peter shows us that following Christ is an individual matter. He saves us individually and provides us individually with different gifts and he speaks to us and directs us individually.
Sometimes we lose sight of this and find ourselves caught up in what God's will for someone else's life is, but when it comes to the matter of doing his will, God has made it clear that we are to only answer for ourselves. We need to stop looking for equality and keep our focus on what God has called us to do.