Prove It

"Feed my sheep." (John 21)

Three times in John 21 Jesus asks Simon Peter, "Do you love me?" Each time Simon affirms that he does indeed. And each time Jesus then says, "Feed my sheep." It is almost as if Jesus says, "Ok, if you love me, you don't prove it by how loudly you sing, 'O How I love Jesus,' but by obeying me. Feed my sheep."

It is the process that the apostle Paul instructed young Timothy with in 2 Tim. 2:2, "The things you have heard from me among many witnesses, these same things teach to others, who will in turn be able to teach others also." We are not all preachers or teachers, but we are all to be disciples and we are all instructed to make disciples.

Sheep are often stubborn and smelly. They will butt you when you are not looking. They are so dumb that they constantly wander off where they are in great danger. Jesus says, "It is not out of love for sheep that you are to obey me, but out of love for me." Do you love Jesus today? Then prove it. Feed His sheep.