One Father, One Family
Sometimes when we read the Word slowly, something quiet rises out of the text and asks us to stop for a moment. It is not always a loud revelation. Sometimes it is simply a question that refuses to go away. Scripture has a way of doing that. The Spirit gently presses on a detail, and suddenly a passage we have read many times before begins to unfold in a deeper way. That is how this particular question begins. On the night before the cross, Yeshua lifts His eyes toward heaven and begins to pray. The prayer is recorded in John 17 , and it is one of the most intimate moments preserved in the Scriptures. The disciples are present, but the prayer is not directed toward them. Yeshua is speaking to the One who sent Him. John 17:1 “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You.” The entire prayer carries the tone of a Son speaking to His Father with deep trust and purpose. He speaks of the work He has finished, the people entrusted to Him, and the unity ...