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    For thought and meditation

    that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us… JOHN 17:21
    If you are going through a time of isolation, seemingly all alone, read John 17 . It will explain exactly why you are where you are— because Jesus has prayed that you “may be one” with the Father as He is. Are you helping God to answer that prayer, or do you have some other goal for your life? Since you became a disciple, you cannot be as independent as you used to be.
    God reveals in John 17 that His purpose is not just to answer our prayers, but that through prayer we might come to discern His mind. Yet there is one prayer which God must answer, and that is the prayer of Jesus— “…that they may be one just as We are one…” (John 17:22). Are we as close to Jesus Christ as that?
    God is not concerned about our plans; He doesn’t ask, “Do you want to go through this loss of a loved one, this difficulty, or this defeat?” No, He allows these things for His own purpose. The things we are going through are either making us sweeter, better, and nobler men and women, or they are making us more critical and fault-finding, and more insistent on our own way. The things that happen either make us evil, or they make us more saintly, depending entirely on our relationship with God and its level of intimacy. If we will pray, regarding our own lives, “Your will be done” (Matthew 26:42), then we will be encouraged and comforted by John 17, knowing that our Father is working according to His own wisdom, accomplishing what is best. When we understand God’s purpose, we will not become small-minded and cynical. Jesus prayed nothing less for us than absolute oneness with Himself, just as He was one with the Father. Some of us are far from this oneness; yet God will not leave us alone until we are one with Him— because Jesus prayed, “…that they all may be one
    when the dust settles and the smoke clears all that matters is I hear the words " well done my good and faithfully servant "

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    A perfect message for this day - Thank you Sir for this good start to the morning
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    Amen, We are one with Christ.

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    "Thy will be done, on Earth as it is heaven"

    When you MEAN that, have surrendered to HIS will. Then you are starting to get there.

    Trial and adversity come to all of us. We are all tested. It is not that GOD wants us to be miserable.
    But most of us learn only from failure. So we have to be tested again and again for us to have a chance.
    I truly believe that God wants only good things for us. But he also knows that a little burn will teach caution. Without that little burn there is the danger of a large life threatening burn. Better that a child get a small burn from a candle than lose the child, home, all possessions a few years later to a fire because that child never learned that lesson.

    More than anything God desires that perfect union with us. He will endure much to have a chance at it.
    Including watching us suffer as we stumble our way through life. We need to remember that he lifts us over the worst of those if we let him.

    Good one RL.

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