John 13:1-17
Let’s continue to pray for Jim and Marty.
“Notice what you notice.” Just one item today, but a big item… Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father… (v. 1) Jesus knew that He was going back to His Father! This is stated again, two verses later: Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going back to God… (v. 3) Jesus was going back to God. And He knew it! I believe that it was this knowledge – that He was going back home – that allowed Him to go through all His sufferings. It was not an easy decision: Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done. (Luke 22:42) The Father did not change the plan and Jesus obeyed.
Do we really know that we are going to our Father? Let me change that thought: WE KNOW that we are going to our Father. So how does that change us? Are we fully obedient, like Jesus was, even in the midst of (?horrible?) trials? Forgetting the trials, do we radiate joy, knowing that our final destination is to be with the Father and His Son, our Brother, Jesus? Do others really know, really see what’s at the bottom of our hearts? As Archbishop Beach so often asks in his daily podcasts, “If not, why not?”
Slava Bohu!