Jesus’ Prayer of Thanksgiving

Meditations for Seeking the Life in Christ

The Season of Advent 

December 2, 2025

Jesus’ Prayer of Thanksgiving

Then when they were alone, he turned to the disciples and said, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you have seen.  I tell you, many prophets and kings longed to see what you see, but they didn’t see it. And they longed to hear what you hear, but they didn’t hear it.”

Luke 10:23-24

In Luke 10:21-24, Luke presents all three persons of the Trinity. Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit. Jesus spoke to his Father, Lord of heaven and earth. The Trinity is revealed in complete unity and harmony.

In this passage, Jesus blessed his disciples, and, by extension, he blesses you and me, his disciples today. How can this be? We are blessed because our Father in heaven has revealed the truth of Jesus to us. We did not learn this from any human being. Remember when Peter made his affirmation: “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” (Matthew 16:16) Jesus immediately tells Peter, “. . . my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being.” 16:17) This is just as we saw yesterday; Jesus does the calling, and Jesus does the revealing. It may be helpful here to think, the Trinity does the calling and revealing. This understanding is important to me as we enter the season of Advent. In this season, we remember the incarnation of Jesus as Emmanuel, God with us. And we remember that our Christian expectation looks for the coming of Jesus again in final victory. I admit this is more than my mortal mind can fully comprehend. To that, I trust Jesus’ Father in heaven will reveal His truth to me.

My Takeaway: The Apostle Paul understood this blessing of Jesus when he wrote, “The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God” (1 Corinthians 1:18).

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.

 

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