Sunday, July 1, 2012 - John 6:60-69

[Tek7]

Therefore, when many of His disciples heard this, they said, “This teaching is hard! Who can accept it?”

Jesus, knowing in Himself that His disciples were complaining about this, asked them, “Does this offend you? Then what if you were to observe the Son of Man ascending to where He was before? The Spirit is the One who gives life. The flesh doesn’t help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. But there are some among you who don’t believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning those who would not believe and the one who would betray Him.) He said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless it is granted to him by the Father.”

From that moment many of His disciples turned back and no longer accompanied Him. Therefore Jesus said to the Twelve, “You don’t want to go away too, do you?”

Simon Peter answered, “Lord, who will we go to? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that You are the Holy One of God!”

John 6:60-69, HCSB

No matter what tragedy we face, no matter how painful the experiences we endure, no matter how horrible it may be when we find our greatest fears becoming reality, we have nowhere else to turn for true comfort except our Lord Jesus Christ.

Similarly, when we find a difficult passage or lesson in Scripture, we should reply as Peter did--"We have come to believe and know that You are the Holy One of God!"--instead of bending Scripture to our preferences or denying the truth of passages that disturb us.

There are days that we come to Christ in adoration and affection. There are days that we come to Christ because we know we can go nowhere else to fill the deepest longings of our being. Regardless, we are called to come to Christ daily, seeking the words of eternal life.

[Abba San]

Nowhere else to turn...too often we turn everywhere else but God except as a last resort. Thanks for the reminder, Tek.