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Jesus — The Word

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Today let’s read John 17:6-19. 

““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.”

‭‭John‬ ‭17‬:‭6‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Jesus came to reveal the Father to us. He did this through His Word. The Greek word “Logos” is used for “word”. Logos is the Divine Expression of God. 

For you and me, our words show what is in our hearts. What we speak to one another reveals how we feel, what we think, who we are. 

Jesus said that He “gave them the words” His Heavenly Father gave Him. Jesus spoke and lived out the divine expression of God — what our Heavenly Father feels, thinks and who He is. He expressed or revealed God to us! 

This is so very important to us today! Jesus is the Word of God (Divine Expression) of God. The Word and Jesus are one. The Holy Scripture (Our Bible) is the Word of God. The Word continues to reveal and express who God is to us! The Word is how we KNOW God! We cannot truly KNOW our God if we do not know His Word. 

Understanding this has been life changing to me. I have lived a lot of my life knowing that as a Christian, I needed to read my Bible. It’s kind of the thing a Christian does… BUT just reading the Bible is not the aim. KNOWing the Word or as Jesus put it “accepting the word.” (Verse 8) is what we need! Accepting is receiving what we are reading and taking it in; Obeying what we are reading; (verse 6); Letting His Word “sanctify” us (Verse 17-18), or purify us, change us into God’s image. 

Do I engage with the Word when I read my Bible or am I just reading it to “check off a box”? Do I take the Word in and let it work inside of me, changing me so that I reflect God to those around me? Am I experiencing God when I come to Him daily? 

This is God’s desire for us! 

Our time we spend with the Word is priceless!

Glorify Your Son!

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Good morning! Today let’s read John 17:1-5.

“After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.” ‭‭John‬ ‭17‬:‭1‬ ‭NIV‬‬

(God’s glory is the sum total of all His attributes. It is who He is. To glorify is to reveal the divine nature.)

Jesus is getting ready to go to the cross and experience the crucifixion. He also knows that this will not be the end. He will rise again. His prayer is that His Heavenly Father would reveal to the world His divine nature — “glorify Your Son”.  And in turn, Jesus would glorify the Father — reveal God’s divine nature to us.  

Jesus death, burial, and resurrection revealed something to us about who God is: He is powerful. He is loving. He is just. He is good. 

God wants us to know Him. This knowing is an intimate knowing. He wants us to experience a relationship with Him. He generously provided The Way through Jesus. On the cross and through the empty tomb, Jesus glorified His Father. His Father glorified Him! God made Himself— Known! 

“Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” ‭‭John‬ ‭17‬:‭3‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Knowing God is VERY important to us! It is life itself! When we know God, we experience Him! We experience His life in us. This is why Jesus prayed that He would glorify God or make God’s attributes, His divine nature, known to us. 

God’s one true purpose for our lives is that we would KNOW Him and experience His life! 

Do you know God? Are you living moment by moment in a deep and intimate relationship with Him?  

The events of Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday are proof that God’s one true purpose for us is for us to KNOW Him! May our desire be to KNOW Him all the more!