Morning by Morning, June 15 - “One” with God, in the Mystery of Faith and Mercy of Grace
Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are One with my Father, One with Holy Spirit, and by the mystery of faith and mercy of grace, You desire to be One within me and every one of Your disciples. ...
“I ask not only on behalf of these but also on behalf of those who believe in Me through their word, that they may all be one. As You, Father, are in Me and I am in You, may they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You have sent Me. The glory that You have given Me I have given them, so that they may be one, as We are One, I in them and You in Me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that You have sent Me and have loved them even as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that those also, whom You have given Me, may be with Me where I am, to see My glory, which You have given Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world” (John 17:20-24).
As challenging as it is to grasp the trinitarian nature of God -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as One God revealed in three Persons -- it’s even more challenging for me to grasp this great desire, powerfully expressed in passionate prayer from God the Son to God the Father that we would be one in You as well.
That’s only possible by the ministry and presence of God the Holy Spirit, who lives in us and makes us one with You by this mystery of faith and mercy of grace. For our hearts, our earthly bodies, become “a temple of the Holy Spirit within (us)” when we embrace Your grace and invitation to intimacy with You (1 Corinthians 6:19). As You explained to Your first disciples, You continue to express to all who would be Your disciples today:
“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. You know Him because He abides with you, and He will be in you.
“I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. In a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you” (John 14:15-20).
This unity of the Spirit calls for a heart of love and obedience, with both reverence and intimacy, for You expressed the conditions in this way, “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments” (v. 15). And as we do, all by Your grace moving our hearts and our desires into alignment and agreement with Yours’, we become one with You (v. 20). As Your Word promises: “Anyone united to the Lord becomes one spirit with Him” (1 Corinthians 6:17).
I pray for that heart of love and obedience, with both reverence and intimacy, that in this mystery of faith and mercy of grace, You would make me “completely one” with You -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God (John 17:23) -- “united to the Lord (and) one spirit with (You)” (1 Corinthians 6:17). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you be united with the Lord as one with Him, in the mystery of faith and mercy of grace, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries
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