Not for These Alone

Readings:
II Kings 12
John 17:20-26

Focus:
John 17:20:"It is not for these alone that I pray, but for those also who through their words put their faith in me."

I have always felt happy whenever I have read this verse, because this is where Jesus has said that he was praying about us, about me: people who become Christians because of what his disciples said. It is a long chain from them to me, but nonetheless I fit that description, and so do all Christians.

It is a wonderful thing to know that, on the night before his crucifixion, Jesus took thought for all those who in the future would put their faith in him. He is a marvelous Savior.