Devotion:
Read John 6:60-69.
For many years, I admired Chicago Cubs baseball fans. Until 2016, their team had not won the World Series in 108 years. Yet they were loyal. No matter how their team was doing, they filled up the stands in Wrigley Field and they pulled for their team wherever they were. Lots of sports fans are loyal to their team and they show their support in many ways. What causes you to be loyal to a person or cause?
Chapter six in the Gospel of John begins with Jesus feeding the 5,000 (men, plus women and children). Later, there are around 35 verses of him teaching about himself as the “bread of life.” But many in the crowd decide that what he is teaching is just too hard to understand. Here is how The Message translates the last four verses of this passage: ‘After this a lot of his disciples left. They no longer wanted to be associated with him. Then Jesus gave the Twelve their chance: ‘Do you also want to leave?’ Peter replied, ‘Master, to whom would we go? You have the words of real life, eternal life. We’ve already committed ourselves, confident that you are the Holy One of God.’”
That’s loyalty.
Personal Worship Option:
In any area of life, who set the best example for you as to what loyalty looks like? How might you apply their example to your desire to be loyal to God?
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