Archive for May 30th, 2007
Jesus prays for ME!
Over the years I’ve been blessed by the prayers of others. It is especially meaningful during difficult times to know that someone is praying just for me. Knowing that someone cares enough to remember me, cares enough to kneel at the feet of Jesus and bring my needs to the Savior – that is special. I know that my mother prays for me. My friends pray for me. The women in my Bible study group pray for me. I have a special relationship with these people because I know that care enough to pray for me.
Perhaps that is why this prayer of Jesus has become so meaningful to me. It is HIS prayer for ME! Jesus knew that his disciples would share the Message. Jesus knew that people would come to faith and wholeness after hearing about his life and his death and his ressurection. When I first read John 17:20, and read this verse: “My prayer is not for them alone (the disciples). I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message” (that’s me). I was overwhelmed by the sense that Jesus knew this was for me, specifically for me. He knew that I would be one of those who heard the Message and would believe. And what was it that Jesus prayed for when he prayed for me? In John 17:24 he said: “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.”
To be able to add Jesus to that list of special people in my life who pray for me – how wonderful is that!
Thank you, Jesus, for the greatest prayer anyone has ever prayed for me!
- Carol Honderich
