​Week 43, Day 1 and 2

​Week 43, Day 1 and 2
October 24 and 25
Scripture: John 6 and 7
 
“Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”” (John 6:68–69)
 
“Therefore Jesus told them, “My time is not yet here; for you any time will do. The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil. You go to the Festival. I am not going up to this Festival, because my time has not yet fully come.”” (John 7:6–8)
 
John 6 presents Jesus as the Living Bread and the Messiah. Peter answers appropriately, when so many are leaving Jesus behind, Peter holds on and stays along for the ride.
 
“Where would I go? You’re the one!”
 
But for many, they are struggling to see Jesus as the Messiah and the Savior of the world. He doesn’t meet their expectations. He is doing and saying things that are quite bizarre to them.
 
When a Christian reads the book of John, we don’t question why Jesus would want for us to eat his body and drink his blood. To one who has no knowledge of the impending crucifixion and the implementation of the Lord’s Supper that precedes it, this would be an alarming statement. Many fall away and stop following because they don’t know that Jesus will be the Lamb of God, broken and bleeding for the world.
 
But we do. And Peter saw that, somehow, in his calling he knew that he had to hold on.
 
We of course know that he will drop out too.
 
But he will be restored.
 
So, for us today, it’s the reminder, there are times that we get it right, and times that we don’t. But in all things, there is a chance to say, “Jesus is Lord, and I’m sticking with you!”