WHERE ELSE WOULD I GO?

John 6:60-69

I love to read the Bible because it gives me a sense of connection and communion that I don’t find any where else.  I feel a connection with the Creator of the world and with all that He created.  I don’t have to do anything to participate in that connection except believe it is there and receive it in all of its splendor and simplicity.   In that connection a communion comes, a sense of oneness with God and all His creation.  There is never a feeling of being alone, abandoned, or left out of the circle of life that is often felt in the flesh oriented world today.  The best people are but people at best.  They will always disappoint and disillusion one another.

This is one thing the stories in the Bible clearly demonstrate.  Human beings are flesh and bones, made of dust and are frail and weak in their lives and intentions.  But beyond all of that, in the regenerate heart, lives the Spirit of God who is anything but frail and weak, who never disappoints or disillusions one, who gives life and hope to those who yield to his reign in their heart, mind, and will.  This is the other thing the stories in the Bible clearly demonstrate.

I consider myself a Universalist, believing that God wants all people to participate in the eternal life that He created for them to live in.  But God created human beings with a free will and the ability to choose who they would obey and serve.  He encourages but never forces.  The stories in the Bible clearly demonstrate the consequences of one’s choice. 

It is beyond my understanding why people would choose anything other than the connection and communion with the loving God who created them.  I echo Peter when given the choice to leave or to continue following Jesus.  “Where else would we go?  You have the words of eternal Life.”