An Intimate Connection

Readings:
II Kings 10
John 17:1-10

Focus:
John 17:10a:"All that is mine is yours, and what is yours is mine...."

What strikes me when I read this passage from John 17 is the intimacy between Jesus and God the Father. It is clear that they are united. This is part of the mystery of the Trinity. They are separate persons, yet they are one. Jesus mentions the glory that he had with the Father before the world began (v. 5), he says that he came from God the Father (v. 8), and he speaks of all that the Father gave him (v. 7).

The goodness, love, and kindness of Jesus are therefore a true illustration of the character of God, because Jesus is God. And here in John 17, Jesus is praying for those of us who love him and have given ourselves to him. That means that the desire of God himself is for our good, because God and Jesus are one. That, to me, is very heartening indeed.