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. 26I 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.” (John 17:24-26)
Thoughts:Jesus wants to be near those are His own. Jesus wants us to know His father and His love. He wants us to be with Him and His Father in heaven. This earth is not where we are meant to stay forever. It is not that this life is bad. But this life is incomplete. Here we must only see glimpses of what we will be. Here we do not see our Lord or Father as we should. God is never non-present, but His glory is not fully clear- marred by our sin and our blindness to Him. Jesus asks the Father to let us in, and He also tells us of the Father. He is the mediating priest- standing in the middle drawing God to us and us to God. Jesus prays this mediating, priestly prayer interceding to the Father on our behalf, and dedicating Himself to making the Father known to us.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, pray for me. Intercede for me and for your people. Always draw me close to you.
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