Faithful Following

John 6

60 Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?”

61 Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, “Does this offend you? 62 Then what will you think if you see the Son of Man ascend to heaven again? 63 The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64 But some of you do not believe me.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning which ones didn’t believe, and he knew who would betray him.) 65 Then he said, “That is why I said that people can’t come to me unless the Father gives them to me.”

66 At this point many of his disciples turned away and deserted him. 67 Then Jesus turned to the Twelve and asked, “Are you also going to leave?”

68 Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life. 69 We believe, and we know you are the Holy One of God.”

When the going gets tough, the non committed go away. Jesus never promised an easy life for His followers. He never promised that things would always be easily understood, either. Nevertheless, those of us who will follow Christ, need to be tough and need to hang in there when the going gets tough. I believe that Jesus is the Holy One of God, and that ONLY through Him is eternal life to be had. That being said, I must be willing to go through whatever comes my way as a follower of His. May God be glorified by the way I handle adversity and good times. By the way I react when I understand and when I don’t have a clue. By my faithful following of Jesus to the very best of my ability every day of my life.