March 27: Strongest force in the world
John 17:20-26 TNIV from Biblegateway.com
20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
25 “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26 I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”
Devotional Comments:
Jesus prayed for his disciples. He also prayed for all who would ever believe in him. He teaches us many things.
-God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are three in one
-God is love; and he desires and prays that we would love him and one another even as he loves us.
-As the world sees this love lived out in Christians, the world will be drawn to believe in Christ also.
In my walk I have known a lot of things, but I often forget. God created each one of us – we are his kids. Thanks to the preachers who remind us. Because as humans we live in the world, God knew that we couldn’t keep the Ten Commandments, we would need help. So Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to live in each one of us, to guide us and show us his love.
We know that God’s love is the strongest force there is in the world. As we grow in our love relationship with Jesus, his love will be seen more and more in us by people of the world. And this is what love is. That God desires that all ‘believers in him’ might be one with Him and enjoy his glory.
Art Edwards
Pray that we may understand who God is. He is our Creator, Saviour and Friend.