![[Photo of a Scripture verse]](https://www.deankwilson.com/Blog_images/John_17_1-5.jpg)
| “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.” |
| —John 17:1-5 |
In the moments before Jesus was arrested by the armed emissaries of the high priest in the Garden of Gethsemane, He prayed a magnificent prayer. Bible teachers often refer to this as “Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer.” Certainly, this prayer shows Jesus in the role of priest to His followers. It also expresses the highest of spiritual ideals. For the next few blog posts, it is my hope that by sharing verses from this prayer with you, you will find, as I have found, great comfort and great blessing from the words of our Savior.
Jesus begins this magnificent prayer with these words, found in John 17:1-5:
“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.”
As a follower of Jesus, I wonder if we ever think about the fact that as God glorifies His Son, that glory also comes to us, as well. Since we belong to Jesus, His glory becomes our glory—not in some kind of foolish or arrogant way, but in a humbling, even overwhelming, way.
His glory, expressed to us through the Holy Spirit, energizes us in every way that we strive to honor Him. As we begin a new day, let’s allow the glory of Jesus to so fill us that we will have an even greater determination to serve Him with all of our might.
