Jesus Prayer for YOU!
God wants us to become so “at one” with Him that whatever pours forth from us is no longer our life, but His Life.
“In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” John 1:4
Must we wait for heaven?
Do our lives reflect the glory of Jesus today as well as our hope to behold His glory in the future?
Jesus Prayer
John 17:24-26 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 (John 17:24).
Jesus closes His prayer with a great, heartfelt expression of His desire that we may be with Him in glory, that all who believe in His name, from the beginning of Pentecost until the end of time, may be with Him in His glory.
*What a magnificent basis for our hope of heaven!
* And yet heaven is heaven only because we will be with Christ.
* This is the hope of every believer, that one day we will be with Him. As Paul said, “We … would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8-9).
And in many places Scripture brings that hope before us.
The joy of the Christian is that in heaven we behold the glory of Jesus, the face of Jesus, the manifestation of all the glory that is in Him.
It is a great hope! In the Scriptures we are not told a lot about heaven just enough to make us want to be there. *But the hope set forth for us is that we will be with Jesus to behold His glory in answer to this prayer.
* But we don’t have to wait for heaven. There is a sense in which this prayer is being answered right now.
I think our Lord intended it this way, for in the Spirit we are able, right now, to behold the glory of Jesus.
And it is the vision of that glory, of who Jesus is, that changes us.
Paul tells us that we are now seated with Christ in the heavenly places. In 2 Corinthians he says,
“And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit” (2 Corinthians 3:18).
So the more we see and behold the glory of Jesus, the more we are being made like Him even though we may not be aware the change is taking place.
What is this glory?
Our Lord defines it for us in John 17 verse 26:
“I 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.”
*The glory of Jesus is the glory of love–*The love of God for people.
That is what grips our hearts and changes our lives and makes us different people, forgives our sins, lifts us up again, and encourages our hearts. *It is the realization that God indeed loves us as He loves Jesus.
Hearing and doing God’s will are two important steps that often get confused as one step. However, these are two distinct processes.
* When we hear God’s voice, this is only 50 percent of the process.
*The next important step is to know when to move.
*It is one thing to hear; it is another to know when to act.
As we say in Moving Forward: “A vision without Action is a Delusion”.
God is always on time. He is never late, and He is seldom early. Ask God for the wisdom to discern His will and His timing for the events in your life.
Discern your point of stress, and apply faith and trust in the Lord. Stress comes when you lack understanding and need wisdom.
Ask for what you need, and Jesus will give it.
Refuse to be afraid of failure, for the Lord will lead you through even the most difficult maze to attain your goal. But, you must rely on the Lord for guidance and direction.
Do not fall back on trusting yourself or your own good ideas.
Seek JESUS instead!
John 15:16 “You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.”
The Lord has given you a brief glimpse or an inkling of what lies ahead. The things that the Lord has shown you are for the purpose of establishing you in greater peace so that you can take things as they come in stride without overreacting either positively or negatively. You must live day by day in spiritual reality and present truth. Stay current and trust the Lord to direct your every step.
*Proverbs 16:9 A man’s heart plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps.
Thank You, Lord, that You have gripped me with this great love and given me the hope of glory! May we ALL continue to seek You Daily and grow our Personal Relationship with You-knowining-trusting-and wanting- You Lord to Direct our every step!
In Jesus Name, Amen