What Else Is There?

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John 6:55-71

66 After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. 67 So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, 69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.” 70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil.” 71 He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.

 
 

After these hard sayings, many of the crowd of disciples leave because they aren’t willing to keep going. Jesus asks the twelve what they are thinking, and Peter replies, “Well, where would we even go?” Jesus is proud of that response, which shows He chose the right type of men to be in His inner circle. (Though He knows that even in the inner circle there is one who is going to betray Him.)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
It’s easy to tear down and point out problems or difficulties. But what few people actually do is think through the alternatives. I love Peter’s response to Jesus: “What else is there?” Sure, the way of Jesus can be hard, but what else is there?