All I Have Is Yours
3Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. 5And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began. 6"I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 9I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. 10All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. 11I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one.
We are the beloved of God, there is no doubt, as we hear Jesus pray to his Father on our behalf. His loving words pierce our hearts with their warmth, sincerity and assurance. It's not easy to put love into words, but Jesus succeeds in expressing his love and unity with his disciples (us). By reflecting on his words, pondering them, letting them sink in during the quiet of our prayer we can strengthen that bond of love and reciprocate, making his words ours and repeating them slowly and lovingly to him. The fruit of prayer is union with God; how blessed are we to have the God-man, Jesus, make that union possible through his words and actions. Let's spend more time with him, as we have been recommending for the past several days. Our lives will be transformed.
Bro. Rene
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