Other
would be disciples were walking away because of a hard teaching about
commitment Jesus had just given them.
Jesus then asked His twelve men if they wanted to go away also. Peter spoke for them when he said to
Jesus, "Lord, to whom shall we go?
You have words of eternal life. We have believed and have come to know
that You are the Holy One of God" (John 6:68).
Peter and the others had a lot of things still to learn, but Peter got it
right on this one. We Christians
believe that Jesus is "the Holy One of God." We believe that He has "words of
eternal life." We don't
follow Him because He is nice and charismatic and has a wonderful leadership
demeanor about Him. We follow Him
because we truly believe He has words of eternal life and that He is the Holy
One of God.
In His redemptive love we have come to have abundant life. We have come to know the reality of
sins forgiven and guilt removed.
We have come to know what it means to be embraced by God's grace and to
live with an inner peace that stays with us through the good and bad times, and
through the highs and lows.
Words of eternal life guide us and lead us and direct us. The Holy One of God lives in us and
makes us adequate to face reality, whatever reality may be in a given moment or
situation. Jesus is with us for
the long haul, and He is with us as Savior and Lord.
That leaves us, doesn't it?
Will we be with Him for the long haul? On the highest mountaintop or the lowest valley will we stay
with Him? When everything that can go wrong is going wrong, will we stay with
Him? When to follow Him is
difficult, will we stay with Him?
Do we really believe He is the Holy One of God?
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