Tuesday, June 21st, 2022
Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. John 6:53-56
Some of Jesus’ disciples walked away when He said they must drink His blood if they want to live and remain in Him. Here’s what I believe Jesus was trying to get them to see. We are born with bad blood, the blood of Adam, the blood of sinfulness and pride. Jesus is telling us that we must replace our bad blood with His perfect blood, shed for us on the cross. Here’s the picture I have in my mind.
If we want to live an intimate life with Christ, we need to get rid of our bad blood and replace it with Jesus’ good blood. Every day we need to do this. I can see in my mind’s eye a pump attached to the main artery in my body – the aorta – pumping in the good blood of Jesus and pushing out the bad blood of my natural self through the bottom of my feet. When the transfusion is complete, I am living in Jesus, and He is living in me (See John 15:4), and I am ready to bear good fruit for that day.
How about you? Do you want to exchange your life for His? Until you do, you are spiritually incomplete.