Scripture for the week: John 17:1-5
Quote for the week: “I have brought you glory on earth…”
Throughout scripture we see the glory of God being the fundamental “issue” of life. We are told, “The heavens proclaim the Glory of the God.” We see God’s glory in the very nature that surrounds us. Hymns sing out of God’s glory and creed after creed proclaims God’s glory. Here we are able to see two things in Jesus’ life. First He came to glorify the Father, and second He (the Son) was to be glorified. Jesus was one with the Father, just as Jesus wants us to be one with Him and the Father, while allowing the Father to be glorified, not ourselves. Read these five verses and allow your heart to sing GLORY to our creator.
After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
Our risen Savior is one with the Father and the Spirit that we might have eternal life and that we might be one with them.
Prayer for the week: Father, thank you for your Son and your Holy Spirit. We worship and adore you and give you all the glory.
After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:
“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.”
John 17:1-5 (NIV)
