What is it to You?

I finished the gospel of John today. Y'know, it's been harder and harder to get enough of God. Kind of like eating- when you feast everyday you have more of a capacity to eat, and a greater hunger when you don't; but, if you are accustomed to starving, going a day or three without food isn't as hard and doesn't affect you nearly as much. Well, I want to feast on God every day, every single day- not just a tiny meal of Jesus- no, I don't want that to satisfy me, oh I pray that I may always hunger. There were so many significant verses, I think the following is particularly poignant though, it's when Jesus is asking Peter if he loves Him and telling him to "Follow Me". (John is following them)

John 21
When Peter saw him (John), he asked, "Lord, what about him?"
Jesus answered, "If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me."

Sometimes I think we ask God "what about so-and-so?" just to give us an excuse. If God has called us to something, if Jesus himself has requested that we follow him, why would we care about what anyone else would be doing? Jesus had just told Peter what would happen to him when he was older, and Peter responds by asking what the future of someone else is? Why? Jesus replies that it doesn't matter what his plans are for someone else when he has clearly told Peter the plans he has for his life. What Jesus plans in others' futures does not have ramifications on us- meaning it doesn't change the calling God has placed on our life. Certainly we are interdependent and function as a body, but EACH individual needs to obey what God has told them. If God has planned for us to be a medical doctor, or missionary, or businessperson, or pastor, or wealthy, or to be a martyr for his name it doesn't not matter that John Doe got called into something else- it does not affect the fact that we must follow Jesus.

Maybe your room-mate will live a comfortable life with all the amenities to a ripe old age of 106, but what those around us are called to does NOT change the fact that we are to follow Jesus. If God has given us a difficult route and others an easier path, what is it to us- should it affect the passion we follow Him with? Never.