I have loved you even as the Father has loved me.
Remain in my love.
John 15:9
Jesus, help me to be fully focused on Your presence.
Wrap me up in Your love.
Let my heart become one with Yours.
If you’ve read any of the gospels (the first four books of the New Testament in the Bible), you can see a pretty unique relationship between God the Son (Jesus) and God the Father.
Jesus spent a lot of time with God the Father in prayer. God the Father said some really profound things about Jesus: “I’m pleased with Him,” “listen to Him,” etc. Jesus also said some profound things about God the Father: “I only do what I see the Father doing,” “I and the Father are one,” etc.
The relationship between God the Father and God the Son (and God the Spirit too, but this verse is about the Father and Son) reveals a deep and overwhelming love between them. And we’re invited into it.
The love between the Father and Son is the most powerful force on the planet, and we can experience it and share it as we abide in it.
REFLECT:
Why should it be powerful to us that Jesus invites us into His love? How can the love between God the Father and Jesus be a powerful force in your life? What about in our culture today?
RESPOND:
Thank God for His love and for inviting us to share in it. Ask Him to help you trust and yield to Him and His love in your everyday life.