God is Truly For Us

A recent study of Christ’s high priestly prayer in John 17 humbled me with the view of the soul of the Savior.

Here He was, in His final moments with His disciples, and He chose to pray over them. Not just any prayer but one filled with expectancy for all God would do to help, establish, and comfort them.

In a world that is trying to convince us that Christ was merely a good teacher or that He was a misogynist or myth, let us cling to the goodness of reality. Not only is Jesus the true and rightful King of kings (1 Tim 6:15) but He is the Messiah, bringing salvation (Heb 9:28). He is the one who will bring peace and reconciliation to a broken and desperate world (2 Cor 5:19).

We know all of these things factually, but I think we sometimes forget that He is truly for us–for our good, our deliverance, our comfort, and our restoration. In John 17:22 He prayed, “The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one” (ESV). As the Son of God prepared for the horrors of the cross, His concern was for the union, salvation, and eventual glorification of His beloved!

In the immediate, Jesus prayed this over the disciples, but it also holds true as a prayer and reality for you and me. It is the reality for those who are in Him. His prayer, as our Intercessor, is that we would be united to God just as He is.

Remember today, that the Savior who gave all to redeem you, loves you to the end; that He desires union with you, and sacrificed it all to stand as your High Priest allowing you to “draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Heb. 4:16, ESV). This is the goodness, truth, and beauty we cling to today and every day.

Meet the Author
Stephanie Wilcox

Stephanie is an avid tea drinker, thrifter, and reader. Stephanie and her husband, Brandon, live in the Pittsburgh suburbs with their three children, where they enjoy participating in serving the body of Christ together. In the constant pursuit of delight in the Creator, you can most often find her outside with her kids, with bare toes in the grass, hiking, or pulling weeds out of her mediocre garden.