Tried With Fire

This is what Jesus prayed in John 17 . If anyone prayed without selfish motives, Jesus did. If anyone prayed in full accordance with the will of the Father, He did. v.1 - glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You v.4 - glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. v.11 - Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are. v.15 - I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. v.20 -21 - I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. v.22 - that they may be one, just as We are one v.23 - that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world...

These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. Hebrews 11:13 This was a good verse to ponder while unpacking our earthly belongings. It is such a relief to be done with the move and to unpack rather than pack. But I'm also aware that this house and this earth is not my permanent home. It's easy to say that my citizenship is in heaven, but still be so tied to this world that I don't want to leave it. So as we begin to make this house a home, as pleasant as that is, I pray that my heart would be find its permanent address in Christ alone.