Over the years I have met many people who have walked away from God because it was just too hard.  Generally their stories would have the common themes of how living life according to God’s plans and purposes was just too stifling, restrictive, and difficult, and that it basically sucked all of the joy out of life.

In John chapter 6, we see people doing the same thing after Jesus had shared some pretty hard truths.  We read in John 6:66 (note the 666 haha) we read that, “From this time many of His disciples turned back and no longer followed Him.”

When this happened Jesus turned to His 12 disciples and asked them if they would leave him too.  Peter answered Jesus by saying, “Lord, to whom would we go?  You have the words that give eternal life.  We believe, and we know you are the Holy One of God.” (John 6:68-69).

Peter understood the important truth that as hard as we may think that life is with God, it is nothing compared to how difficult and hard it is to live life without him.  I believe that walking away from Jesus because it is too hard is probably one of the saddest ironies of life.  Speaking as someone who has experienced both life with Jesus and life without Jesus I can say that life can be hard in both situations, but life with Jesus is a million times better than life without him.

Are you finding life pretty hard at the moment?  Try doing life with Jesus.  It is definitely much better with Him. 

God bless,

Roland Talamaivao-Amituanai