Do you also wish to go away?

Do you also wish to go away? (John 6:67)

It's easy for me to remember the verse right before this one, because it is John 6:66, and a verse that makes me sad. The verse reads, "Because of this many of His disciples turned back and no longer went about with Him." The doubts about the spiritual things, the unseen things, made them doubt and question and this got the better of them and they made a bad decision and choosing not to follow Jesus any longer. This still happens today, and Jesus' question still stands: Do you also wish to go away?

No one in their right mind and in their right spirit, one of relationship with God, would ever want to go away, but sometimes the opportunities to doubt and sin present themselves and they choose those instead of faithfulness, and they find themselves away from Jesus.

The good news is that we are never too far from Him. He always welcomes us back.

May we say, "No, Lord, I don't wish to go away; I want to grow closer to You."

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