When things are dark and bleak and hard will you turn your back on Him? Impossible. You know that He deserves more. Its still true that if the whole realm of nature were yours that would be an offering far too small. Christian reader, He deserves you. He has a been a Friend to you, and He deserves your loyalty. He has bled for you, and He deserves that you would magnify Him whether it be by life or death.
Why is our answer – like Peter’s – to whom shall we go? Ultimately our reason is that He is worthy. When others are turning and their back on Him (and you are tempted to do the same), when following Jesus seems to hold only hardship and suffering and the other way seems easy, why go on with Him? Why stay the course? Why then – in the darkest season of your life – would you say with Peter “to whom shall we go?” The answer is simple yet profound in its significance: Jesus deserves you. He is worthy.
Believer, haven’t you found in Jesus that treasure hidden in the field? Here is that One whom the Bible calls the pearl of great price! Isn’t it true that when you made that discovery you were willing to part with the whole world to buy the field and get the treasure? And having sold everything to get the field and get the treasure what did you lose? Nothing! What did you gain? Everything! So what now? When things are dark and bleak and hard will you turn your back on Him? Impossible. You know that He deserves more. Its still true that if the whole realm of nature were yours that would be an offering far too small.
Christian reader, He deserves you. He has a been a Friend to you, and He deserves your loyalty. He has bled for you, and He deserves that you would magnify Him whether it be by life or death. He has loved you, and He deserves that you should love Him.
Consider again the cross. There Jesus bled and died for us.
