Daily Reading
Daily Reflection
Have you ever had a friend tell you something you didn't want to hear? There are a myriad of ways we can respond in situations such as these, though it's our responses that can tell us a lot about ourselves. In this passage, we see Jesus' disciples are no different. Jesus has just told them that everything they previously thought to be true was really false. Many believed, including religious leaders, that one could attain God's grace through one's own merit. Jesus dispels this belief as erroneous and replaces it with the fact that through the sacrifice of his own life he would bring true life to all who believe. In no uncertain terms was this offensive, for in order to embrace this as truth, the disciples would have to reconcile themselves to the fact that there was nothing in them or there was nothing they could do to earn God's favor for themselves. Jesus leaves them with a clear choice: receive or not, believe or not. Hence, daily we are faced with the same choice. Will we receive what Jesus has done on our behalf or will we continue to try to earn God's favor on our own? In the end, many of the disciples turned and walked away. What is your choice today?
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