Honestly...

Tuesday, May 19,2026

Good morning, Lord

Father in Heaven, I seek You first-the knowledge of Your kingdom and Your righteousness. Fill my consciousness constantly and complete Your joy in me as I take up my cross and follow...In Jesus' name…

Memory verse: Joshua 1:9

9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Verse of the day- Hebrews 6:10

10 “For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.”

Today’s reading: 1 Chronicles 4-6 John 6:1-21

Seriously?

Honestly, when you read some of the words of Jesus, do you ever ask, "Seriously?".

Some of the Jews reacted like this. In John 6, Jesus said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you."

The Jews grumbled, "“How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”(or, "Seriously?")

Before Jesus said this, in John 6:45, " 'And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me—"

Man has come along with 'procedures' to follow where they add many words, etc. Again, we believe that whatever man adds to what God has done is just that-man-made.

I suggest we look at the scripture-and-listen to the holy Spirit-and-learn from God. Jesus said that if we really belong to Him that God has made it happen-"Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me".

In verse 65 of John  6, Jesus says, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

God initiates it all, plants the truth in our hearts-now, it is up to us to hear and believe or reject the truth.

So, we could be like the Jews and reject the truth in such a shallow manner as to say, "Seriously, we've got to do some things that can make this look more awesome", or, we are seriously truthful and accept what God tells us through the scripture and His Spirit.

Of course we cannot eat the flesh and the blood of Christ, physically. But we must, in listening and learning from God, grasp the gravity of the statement from Jesus, "eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood".

How do we do that? Communion is where we begin to do that. It is a time of remembering and honoring and obeying and it must be done. But, if we stop there, what do we miss?

Here it is again: Luke 9:23, "...take up your cross daily..."

Romans 12:1"...present your bodies a living sacrifice..."

1 Corinthians 15:31-(Paul writes),"I die daily".

These things, the living sacrifice and dying daily, are the words of Jesus made manifest or become real in our lives. It is in the way our hearts yearn to be like Jesus.

Some may say, "Wait-wo-this is a little too serious or heavy".

Seriously? Too heavy-too deep-too fanatic?

The words of Jesus are all those things and infinitely more. Our job is not to be offended but to be up-ended. It is not reckless abandon. There is nothing reckless about following Jesus. There is never any abandon in the family of God.

Seriously? Absolutely. As serious as a living sacrifice and dying daily. We never taste flesh and blood-we live in it and learn by it.

...because He loves us...

Father in Heaven,

Your name is perfect and Your kingdom wisdom is my desire. I confess I have not tried to grasp this the way You want. Lead me. I am willing.

Merciful God and Master of all real teachers.

In the name of Jesus,

Amen