As Americans we face many decisions. Coke or Pepsi (I say Coke, the cherry kind), paper or plastic, Curly fries or regular, Dove or Hershey, Ford or Chevy, the list goes on and on. These decisions are obviously fairly trivial. Other choices are much larger and truly matter. The most significant decision that any human makes is what they do with Jesus Christ. Will they worship Him as almighty God? Will they deny the reality that He is God? Or will they marginalize Him with words of belief but no acutal faith?
John records for us an incredible event in the earthly ministry of Christ. It is one of my favorite moments in all of scripture. Immediately before this Jesus had just fed the five thousand and had walked on water. Two events that would seem to indicate that He was indeed God! However, He had also just spoke about being the bread of life and this confused and angered most everyone (including some disciples) who was listening. So, they said forget it and left.
Jesus then turns to the twelve remaining disciples and asks, ""You do not want to leave too, do you?" As you would expect, it is Peter who replies, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life."
What a great question. If not Christ, then who? If not Him, then what? If He did not love us, where would we be? If not the Cross, then how? If not His blood, how do we ever repay? If not His grace, where would we find freedoom? If not His mercy, how could we move forward? If not His word, what direction do we have?
May we be a grateful people, we have much to thank Him for. May we be a worshipful people, He is so deserving. I pray that all things detracting from Him will be subtracted from our lives and that He will increase greatly in all things.
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