Faith Counts for Everything

John 5-6

“’The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe.’ For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.”

John 6:63, 64

Jesus believed in people even though they did not believe in him. His knowledge of who would not believe, and even who would betray him, didn’t change his acceptance of them to be on his team.

Why would Jesus allow unbelievers into his inner circle?

He had called only those his Father had given him. Jesus trusted that even unbelief and betrayal could somehow serve the Father’s greater purposes and will. This was not a naïve, blind faith in people, but rather, a full surrender to the will of his Father. 

Where is the Father calling us to trust him - in new levels and ways, despite the cost?

In what ways have we trusted in our flesh, rather than in the Word and work of the Spirit?

“Lord Jesus, I, too, choose to obey the will of the Father and the work of the Spirit, for your glory.”