Many people gave up following Jesus when things became hard for them to understand, or he said things they did not think were possible. When he shattered their preconceived notions of religious things or confronted them about their motives, they left and gave up following him. What will I do when things get difficult in my discipleship and I can’t figure out all the answers to what is going on? I hope, pray, and trust that I will follow until the way and the will of the Lord become clearer! “From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.” John 6:66.
January 21
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good