OCTOBER 3
THE HEART TO HONOR EACH OTHER
John 17:1-2
1 Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you; 2 even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him. (WEB)
In John 17, we have the privilege of listening in on the prayer that Jesus offered to His Father just before He went to the cross. In this intimate conversation between Son and Father, we see Jesus' heart not only for His Father but also for His disciples.
In today's Scripture passage, Jesus asks His Father to glorify Him so that He can in turn glorify His Father. The idea that this process involved Jesus' sufferings on the cross is hard for us to fully understand. Yet, Jesus bore the shame for the joy set before Him... and that joy was our salvation.
Through Jesus's death, burial, and resurrection, our Father made a way to prepare a Bride for His Son. And through this single, once-and-for-all sacrifice, Jesus was able to provide His Father with many glorious children (Hebrews 2:10). Both of their hearts aimed to honor each other in the process.
My prayer today is that we understand that because of Jesus' death on the cross and His triumphant resurrection from the dead, we are now included in the incredible love that exists between the Father and the Son through the Holy Spirit who lives within us. As our Father has chosen to honor us by placing His own Spirit inside us, may we respond by offering our bodies as living sacrifices to honor Him.
Romans 12:1-2
1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. 2 Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God. (WEB)
1 Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you; 2 even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him. (WEB)
In John 17, we have the privilege of listening in on the prayer that Jesus offered to His Father just before He went to the cross. In this intimate conversation between Son and Father, we see Jesus' heart not only for His Father but also for His disciples.
In today's Scripture passage, Jesus asks His Father to glorify Him so that He can in turn glorify His Father. The idea that this process involved Jesus' sufferings on the cross is hard for us to fully understand. Yet, Jesus bore the shame for the joy set before Him... and that joy was our salvation.
Through Jesus's death, burial, and resurrection, our Father made a way to prepare a Bride for His Son. And through this single, once-and-for-all sacrifice, Jesus was able to provide His Father with many glorious children (Hebrews 2:10). Both of their hearts aimed to honor each other in the process.
My prayer today is that we understand that because of Jesus' death on the cross and His triumphant resurrection from the dead, we are now included in the incredible love that exists between the Father and the Son through the Holy Spirit who lives within us. As our Father has chosen to honor us by placing His own Spirit inside us, may we respond by offering our bodies as living sacrifices to honor Him.
Romans 12:1-2
1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. 2 Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God. (WEB)