Peter said, “We left everything and followed you.” We see that as a boast, but it was the fact of what had happened. Peter needed a perspective that included the end in view, and Christ gave it to him. In following Jesus we receive more than we left, we gain more than we lost. The grace of God gives us more than we could ever have accumulated. Having not measured our life by amassing wealth does not mean we come to the end as paupers. We have a good and bright inheritance in our Lord.
“Then Peter said in reply, ‘Look, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man is seated on the throne of his glory, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold, and will inherit eternal life.” Matthew 19:27-29 (NRSV)
