I made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.” vs. 26
John 16:24-26
From the time of his baptism Jesus was convinced that God loved him, and he described that love in very personal terms. It was like the love of a father for an only son, and he spent the rest of his life exploring the extent of that love and listening for missional direction. During those years he discovered that unconditional love and mercy were at the core of God’s being and it became his mission to pass that knowledge on to his disciples. On the last day of his life John reports that Jesus prayed that the same love and mercy that he had experienced from God would also be felt in their lives. Not only would God’s love be in the disciples, but he too would be present. He’s describing a love connection engineered by the Holy Spirit in which the Father, the Son, and all believers would become as one. On the surface that sounds like an unwieldy arrangement, one that’s almost impossible to comprehend, but as Jesus described it, so it has come to be! There is a mystical love connection loose in our world that brings restoration and joy to all who are involved. And it’s not a dream; it’s a present reality. The unconditional love and mercy of God, incarnate in all believers, is changing the world for good!
Thought for the Day: Where am I connected to this love?
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