August 15, 2019: SOAP #3542:  Jeremiah 18-20; Psalm 93; John 17

Scripture:  John (NIV) 17:4 [Jesus prayer to His Father] I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began. …
10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them.

Observation:  Jesus brought the Father glory here on earth.  He was expecting the Father to glorify Him in heaven.  Jesus considered everything He had to belong to the Father.  In response, Jesus could consider everything the Father has is His.

Jesus was revealing His heart and priorities in His prayer.  He had glorified the Father before He expected the Father to glorify Him.  He considered all he possessed as belonging to the Father; before expecting that everything the Father possessed as His.

Application:   If I am going to be like Jesus, I need to align my priorities with His.  The Father was His priority; the Father should be my priority.  To Jesus, the Father was everything.  That is what Jesus desires of me, to make the Father everything.  As Jesus reveals His Father to me, it becomes more and more obvious why Jesus was willing to go to such great personal sacrifice to reveal the Father’s love.  The Father is amazing!  The Father is perfect love and perfectly holy.  Jesus thought so much of the Father’s love for sinful man that Jesus was willing to carry the responsibility to fulfill it all the way to Calvary!

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, you are amazing!  And you have an amazing Son!  How he loves you.  You are His Hero!  Because of Him, love and honor for you are increasing in my life.  Amen

Pastor Leon
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