A few days after Peter had that conversation with Jesus, it was time to look at other Scriptures on the message about light. He thought it wasn't necessary to have Jesus involved on this one. He'll talk with Him again some other time. His Bible he had looked like it was starting to fall apart anytime soon, so it was time to get another one to replace it.
Next he flipped to Genesis 1:3.
Before he began to read, he decided to say a quick prayer.
"Father, I may not know what You have in mind for this new mission that You want me to start. Only You know where I am heading on this mission.
"I will be doing my best to follow You on what I have to do to bring this new mission with light. I am happy that Jesus said He would be right by to help me when I get stuck. Getting stuck is no fun, that I know. In Your Name, Amen."
Now it was time to look at Genesis 1:3.
And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
Now he was starting to get the idea where God was heading him out to do for this new journey. Yes, there is light, he told himself.
Peter asked himself a few questions about this, and planned to talk with Him about it and see what Jesus would say. He felt it was time to talk with Him right now so he wouldn't forget later when they talk again.
Then he decided to see where Jesus is and ask if they could have another conversation about this topic of the ministry Peter is about to start soon. How soon? Peter asked himself.
He found Jesus. He was alone, so he thought it was a good time to chat. Jesus saw him coming his way.
"Hello, Peter," he greeted him.
"Hi, Jesus. There is something on my mind."
"What's that?" Jesus asked.
"Remember the last time I talked with You, You did mention that we would be together on this whole ministry thing that I was called to do. Something made me think more."
"That's good. What do you want to ask me this time?"
"I was just asking myself how soon do I have to wait to start this?"
Peter had a confused look on his face. No wonder he wanted to chat.
"This is up to you and you decide that for yourself, Peter. If you think God is telling you that He is ready for you to start now, then there's your answer."
"That's what I was afraid of. Remember last time I asked what would have happen if I did fail on these people?"
"That won't happen, Peter. Remember what I said about truth, way and life. No one comes to the Father expect through me."
"I do remember that."
Jesus did notice Peter still had his Bible with him and it was falling apart, but didn't say anything to Peter about it.
"Is there anything else that you'd like to ask me?"
"I do, but I can't remember what it was," Peter answered.
"If you do remember, you can still share it with me."
"I plan to do that. This is all I can think of at the moment. As I said before in our last conversation, I am both excited and scared. This is something new that I have never done before, but I somehow have the feeling people might not want me to be the one and do this job."
"We will keep talking about ideas on what you could do to start this new job," Jesus said.
"I like talking about it with other people. I'd better go now."
It was dinnertime, so he left Jesus to see what he could find.
