John 17:20-21a “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.
Enns says that, for him, “…trust means letting go of the need to know, of the need to be certain.” I think that one of the things that has been eluding me is the fact that this letting go of those needs is continual, a daily letting go, a daily trusting of Christ. It’s such a simple truth, yet, for me, it’s not easy.
John 17:21b May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
Jesus says in John 17:20-21 that His prayer for us is that we will be in Christ and in God just as Christ is in God, that we may have the level of trust that we can say as Jesus did, not only, “”My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?” but also, “Not my will but Yours be done.” That is deep, abiding, eternal trust. I want that desperately.
John 17:22-23a 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.
Lord, Help me to set aside the need to know, the need to be certain. The idea that life has to be something I understand is my pride speaking, I know. Help me daily to set aside that need, that pride. Help me to trust You—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—unequivocally. Always. Amen.
John 17:23b Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
Have a blessed day.
It is most definitely a daily surrender that is needed from me. I am too “fleshy” most of the time. As I ride to church this morning , I am battling just that. Help us all Dear Lord to fully surrender, call on You , and trust You completely.