17. The Great Intecessor
| My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: 23 I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. (John17:20-24) |
John 17 has our Saviour, who is about to face a torturous God-forsaken death, at prayer.
What does He have on His mind as He prays??
You and me.
He's thinking about us and praying for us!
And what does he pray for?
That we may be one.
That we may join in the dance of the Father, Son and Spirit in the perichoresis of life. That just as Jesus and the Father enjoy the intimacy of the dance of life, that we too may be drawn into the music and choreography of moving and working together so much so that others are attracted to and drawn in as well.
Jesus in the Father, and us in Him, dancing so that the world sits up and pays attention.
This is what Jesus thinks about as He prays in Gethsemane and it is for this that He goes to the cross.
