Fulfilling His Glory - The One Year At His Feet Devotional
Fulfilling His Glory
Read: John 17:20-25
“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.”
John 17:24
“Our great honor lies in being just what Jesus was and is. What greater glory could come to any man?”
—A. W. Tozer
IN WORD The glory of God is to be shared. That is the point of creation. We exist to appreciate God’s glory—there is no higher purpose for us. It is no wonder, then, at the end of Jesus’ earthly ministry, that this is His prayer. He wants us to be with Him, to see His glory, and to understand the love between the Father and the Son, which—through Him— extends to us. This world is not about us and our welfare. It is about Him and His glory. “All things were created by him and for him” (Colossians 1:16). We are onlookers at the divine spectacle and glad participants in the heavenly celebration.
But the amazing thing about Jesus’ prayer is that He not only wants us to share His glory by letting us see it, He also wants us to share His glory by having some of it (v. 22). Unworthy as we are, He has given us the glory that the Father gave Him—we are called by His name and filled with His Spirit—as a further display of who He is for the sake of all creation to see. In beholding His glory, we are able to reflect it (Romans 8:18; 2 Corinthians 3:18). What a privilege!
IN DEED We often feel trapped in mundane lives—just existing rather than actually living with purpose. Jesus’ prayer reminds us that our purpose far exceeds our ability to even begin to comprehend. We are partakers in the glory of God. We were created to see it. We were created to enjoy it. And we were created to share it with Him. We are inextricably bound to Christ, who is in perfect unity with God the Father and the Holy Spirit. No other created being has such unity with God! No angel or spirit can know such fellowship as that which we will experience—and can already begin to experience—with the eternal Father! Trapped in a meaningless existence? Never. We are children of God. Share His glory.
