John 6:60-71

…“Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life.
We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One
of God.” (6:68-69)

There were moments in Jesus’ ministry when a particular teaching,
event or threat would cause some to leave the community that had
begun forming around him. The gate was often narrow and the
laborers were often few. “Count the costs of discipleship,” he would
say. And many did—and gave up. So often his words were pointed
and hard.

But in the speaker of those difficult words, Peter found a man who
gave him something he could find nowhere else. The challenge that
Jesus places before us in the cries of a hungry world threatens to
overwhelm us. It is so tempting to turn away from the world’s pain,
but in doing so, we turn away from the one who alone has promised
us the Kingdom of God.

—Duncan Gray III