One in Christ and the Father

October 28, 2015

One in Christ and the Father

I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.

John 17:21

In this magnificent prayer of Jesus, he is praying for you and me. He is praying that you and I will be one in Jesus, just as Jesus is one in the Father. Over and over again during his time on earth, Jesus made clear to his disciples that he was in perfect harmony with God the Father. Jesus said his oneness with the Father was because somehow he was in the Father, and the Father was in him. I am at a loss to try and explain how that can be. Even more so am I at a loss in trying to grasp the truth that Jesus wants me, you and me, to experience this very same unity and harmony with God.

This priestly prayer of Jesus seems to be so far and above what we mortals can experience. However, I have been helped in my quest to “lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:12 NASB) by two points. First, this is a prayer of Jesus for you and me. He prayed this on the very night he was arrested and was crucified the following day. You and I were on his heart at that very time; therefore, I choose to accept his hope for me because it was so vitally important to him.

Secondly, I am not left to my own strength, wisdom and devotion to make true this prayer of Jesus: “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God” (Romans 8:26-27 NRSV). God is at work in me to make true in me this prayer of Jesus! Hallelujah and Amen.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188.