Today's encouragement comes from John 6:68, where we read these words:
"But Simon Peter answered [Jesus], 'Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.' "Whenever we are tempted to believe that there could be happiness, life, ful-fillment, or any other good thing to be somehow found *outside* of our con-nection to the Lord Jesus Christ—let us remember Peter's immortal words (above). To whom other could we go? Who, or what else could or does pos-sess the power to give eternal life?
. . . The answer: there is no one and no thing that can do for us what Christ alone can and does do for us. Let others abandon Christ and His church (as they did in Jn., ch. 6)—and so show their true colors. For the faithful and sin-cere—made that way by sheer and sovereign grace—may we be faithful to the only One (Christ) who gives us life, (and that life is in Himself alone).
[Puritan quote of the day: "The Lord never upbraids a penitent with former un-kindnesses.” —Thomas Watson, in, "The Mischief of Sin"]
