All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. John 6:37 NIV
Jesus had just fed the 5,000 right in front of the disciples, yet they still didn't believe. But there was something to it and they knew they wanted a never-ending supply. They begged Jesus to always feed them of the bread of life. That is when he answered them, with this verse. If his father gives them to him, he will not turn them away.
If the father gives them to him. Those are powerful words. How do you get God to give you something, especially the soul and eternity of a human being? You believe. Earlier in this passage Jesus said the disciples had one job to do: to believe in him that sent Jesus. To believe. That's it.
So simple yet we complicate it. If you're a patent, you know how uncomplicated it is to give your children what they need. Others looking in from the outside may think it's wrong, but they aren't seeing what you see. It is the same way with God. He sees what others do not. He sees a soul lost to eternity that could be saved. And so he gives everything, right down to his own flesh, because we need it.
Don't overcomplicate it. God loves you.
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