John 6:60-71

Jesus just told the crowd that He is the Bread of Life.  And the disciples respond by saying, "What?!  This is too hard to understand."

I like how Jesus responds.  You can read it for yourself.  What I like about His response is that it shows us how well He knows us.  He knows our thoughts, our hearts, our frustrations, and our motivations.  He knows we look first to the physical and ignore the spiritual.  But we have it backwards.  It's not the physical we should be focused on, it's the spiritual.  The physical lasts only a little while.  The spirit is forever.  Have you ever stopped to really think about forever?  It's a little terrifying, isn't it - that great unkown?  Maybe that's why we stick with what we know.  It may not be great, but at least we think we have that under control.  We don't.  That's why it is so important to figure out what Jesus is trying to tell us.

Many left Jesus' ministry that day.  They heard His words and choose to ignore them.  Sometimes we think burrowing our heads in the sand will make it go away - it never does.  And often, when we stick with it, learn the new thing, find the new life - we realize just how good life can really be.  The twelve stuck with Him.  So, what about you?  Are you ready to listen and obey?  Ready to really believe?  Ready to dive in and live according to Jesus' words?