A Prayer for the Ages
Robert Dawson
John 17
From our earliest years there are days or moments that we have mentally circled on life's calendar. When you are young, it may be certain birthdays like the big 6 or the year we hit double digits and turn 10. After that we start looking forward to the big (supposedly sweet) 16 and the freedom and sense of maturity a driver's license brings. Then you have graduation, high school and college. Other days circled in bold ink are our wedding days, the day we have our first child and as time marches on, the day we can retire.
Each these days bring with them a deep and convoluted mixture of thoughts and emotions. We experience the excitement of anticipation because we are leaving one phase or part of our life behind and moving onto the next and we are looking forward to it. We experience a sense of accomplishment. Every time we make it to the next milestone in life there is a sense of relief. Phew! We are grateful we have made it this far! We experience a sense of fearful anticipation. While we are leaving one phase or part of our life behind and moving onto the next and looking forward to it there is also a rather large element of fear because we don't know what is next.
As we come to the last parts of our study on the life of Jesus Christ we find that Jesus is at one of those critical and highly anticipated points of life. There was a day, an hour, that had been circled on the calendar of Jesus' life since the day He was born. To be theologically correct, before He was born. As you read John's account of Jesus' life you find Jesus' saying, ''My hour has not yet come'' or referencing a particular hour or moment in His life. That hour had come. The day that had been circled in red on His calendar since the angels announced his birth was here, the day of His death. The cross was upon Him.
Jesus is now standing in the shadow of the cross. His desire is for His Father's glory and His concern was for His disciples. ...
Robert Dawson
John 17
From our earliest years there are days or moments that we have mentally circled on life's calendar. When you are young, it may be certain birthdays like the big 6 or the year we hit double digits and turn 10. After that we start looking forward to the big (supposedly sweet) 16 and the freedom and sense of maturity a driver's license brings. Then you have graduation, high school and college. Other days circled in bold ink are our wedding days, the day we have our first child and as time marches on, the day we can retire.
Each these days bring with them a deep and convoluted mixture of thoughts and emotions. We experience the excitement of anticipation because we are leaving one phase or part of our life behind and moving onto the next and we are looking forward to it. We experience a sense of accomplishment. Every time we make it to the next milestone in life there is a sense of relief. Phew! We are grateful we have made it this far! We experience a sense of fearful anticipation. While we are leaving one phase or part of our life behind and moving onto the next and looking forward to it there is also a rather large element of fear because we don't know what is next.
As we come to the last parts of our study on the life of Jesus Christ we find that Jesus is at one of those critical and highly anticipated points of life. There was a day, an hour, that had been circled on the calendar of Jesus' life since the day He was born. To be theologically correct, before He was born. As you read John's account of Jesus' life you find Jesus' saying, ''My hour has not yet come'' or referencing a particular hour or moment in His life. That hour had come. The day that had been circled in red on His calendar since the angels announced his birth was here, the day of His death. The cross was upon Him.
Jesus is now standing in the shadow of the cross. His desire is for His Father's glory and His concern was for His disciples. ...
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