John 21:15 "So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, Lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, yea Lord; thou knowest that I love thee, He saith unto him, Feed my lambs".
Feed my lambs! these are the instructions given to us by our Savior. Those of us who have been blessed to have received the bread of heaven, are now instructed by the Savior to feed his lambs. Jesus has revealed himself to us that he is the Christ,the son of the living God, and we are now to feed this truth to a lost and dying world. This is the design of his precious Gospel, it wasn't written for a pastime, nor was it published for a profit, but it was written and published so that lost man could be brought to Christ. We don't need to dress it up or add anything to it, the gospel will do what it was designed to do. It was not designed to feed the flesh of man, but to give life to the spirit of man.
Jesus ask Peter if he loved him more than he loved these, and he is asking us the same question? Do you love me more than you love these things, and these people who occupy your life. Do you love me more than your friends, family, and even yourself. Jesus wanted to know the extent of Peters love for him, he wants to know the extent of our love for him. He already knows but he wants to know if we know, are we willing to lose our life to save it. So he says "If you love me feed my lambs." If we truly love God we should be willing to lay aside our will and petty differences and feed those he died for. Someone shared the good news to us, and we should be willing to share it with someone else. The same gospel which lead us to Christ, will lead someone else to Christ. Feed them with the word of God that they might be wise unto salvation.
The world is hungry for the truth of the gospel, and this is evident by all the hatred we see. We might not be able to feed everybody we want, but let us feed all that we can, that a lost world might come to know the love of God and the joy of His salvation.
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