The Why

Jesus never takes his eyes off of those who’ve given their hearts to him – never. It is his eternal passion to watch over us, to pray for us and to bring us safely home.  We are forever in his thoughts and prayers.

I rarely do this, but I would ask you to read over those first three lines once more and allow them to settle in, to marinate. And read it again more if necessary. Don’t miss the enormity of it. We’re not in a hurry. I’ll wait…

And now to the why of it. Why all of this attention on believers? Why does Jesus specifically say that he is not praying for the world? The answers unfold as the prayer continues. Let’s read:  “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 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, I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one – I in them and you in me – so that they may be brought to complete unity and that the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.” ~John 17:20-23

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And what is it that Jesus is praying for us? He asks the Father that we might be one even as he and the Father are one – a divine, supernatural and complete unity that belies anything the world can muster.

But there’s more. Let’s roll the tape back a bit to the very beginning of this lengthy sermon from Jesus. It began back in chapter 13 with the washing of the feet of his disciples. It was here that Jesus said these words: “So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” ~John 13:34,35

Jesus inhabits eternity with prayers for his people that they might demonstrate a supernatural love and unity toward one another.  When we allow those prayers to supersede our pettiness, the world takes notice. When we do not…the world takes notice.