Pondering Point

From the get-go Jesus called Peter into a “partnership” with him. This quote comes from three years later and we see Jesus still setting the parameters and determining which factors make up their partnership. That partnership included Jesus serving Peter by washing his feet – and by dying for him.

Peter initially balked at both, but later understood the blessing – and accepted it graciously. Don’t brush Jesus aside. Just as Jesus called Peter to follow him and learn – to apprentice under Him, He is calling us to follow Him and apprentice under His leadership too – through the Holy Spirit.

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

I am not Jesus. Just one of his many apprentices who have been at it for a while. Again, obvious. My agenda is for our time together is simple: to pass on some of the best things I've learned from sitting at the feet of the master, a man whose closest friends all said he was anointed with the oil of joy more than any of his companions. My translation: he was the happiest person alive.
J.M. Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, p. 11,12