2 Kings 6:1-23; Jeremiah 39:1-40:16; Hebrews 10:1-18
Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You.” John 17:1 NKJV
In the four preceding chapters of John, we find the Lord in the intimacy of an upper room, surrounded by His beloved disciples, instructing and preparing them for life after He was physically gone. However, He knew these men: men with fears, men who lacked complete understanding of all that would soon take place. Thus we come to today’s chapter and find Jesus saying, “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours” (John 17:9). What assurance to His disciples, and to you and me. “He always lives to make intercession for them” (Heb. 7:25). —Jim Comte
Oh yes, He cares – I know He cares!
His heart is touched with my grief. —Frank Graeff