John 6:66 & 68 The Difficulty of Truth

After hearing these teachings, many of His disciples walked away and no longer followed Jesus....Lord, if we were to go, whom would we follow? You speak the words that give everlasting life. We believe and recognize that You are the Holy One sent by God.

Observation

These scriptures come after a very difficult teaching by Jesus. He teaches the disciples and the crowd that He is the living bread and living water and those who believe in Him need to eat of His flesh (bread) to receive eternal life. The crowd and many disciples took this as literally eating Christ's flesh. Yes, there would seem to be something very disturbing about this statement. We know now, that Christ meant that we must receive Him into our heart and that He must be the life blood that courses through our veins. 

But this one teaching causes many of Jesus's disciples to leave. 

Application

Sometimes what God asks me to take in faith is very difficult indeed. I know many people who get to the point of accepting Christ as their Savior, praying to Him for help, but never explore or follow His teachings. Why? Because it is just too hard. They are right it certainly is hard. However, living in a chained up life of sin and destruction is so much harder. Knowing you are being manipulated by unknown forces, yet feeling helpless to do anything about is depressing just to think about. 

Lies are easy to believe, we want the lie, but the lie brings with it such destruction. The truth, although difficult to swallow, brings life, life, and more life. I'm with Peter, where else could I go if not with Jesus? The alternative is to go back to living a lie.  I would rather have persecution and truth, then a lie and the world.

Prayer

Father, You are the Holy One.  You are the Only One and the Only way for me.  I choose You this day and everyday.