“The Hour Has
Come;
Glorify Your
Son”
After Jesus had spoken these words, he
looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so
that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all
people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is
eternal life, that they may know you, the only true
God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth by finishing
the work that you gave me to do. So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence
with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed.
“I have made your name known to those
whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and
they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me is
from you; for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have
received them and know in truth that I came from you;
and they have believed that you sent me…”
The LORD wants us first of all to know
Him as our Savior. After we become His child, God desires an ongoing
relationship with us and a growing knowledge of who He is and who we can be
with His help. He does not want to be a Sunday-only acquaintance or Someone we cry out to only when we are desperate. God wants
us to have a personal relationship with Him. He also wants us to grow in
our desire to please Him by obeying Him.
God loves you and wants you to know
Him. He does answer desperation prayers. But before you start asking, make sure
you know Him personally.
Knowing about
God may interest us, but knowing God will change us.
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