John 17:17 (NKJV)
17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.
This is part of a prayer Jesus gave for His disciples. The
prayer was to God The Father that He would sanctify them according to the truth
of His word.
Chuck Swindoll, in Embraced By the Spirit, published by
Zondervan, 2010 wrote: One of my most unforgettable moments happened when I was
about ten years old. My father served our country during World War II in a
plant in our hometown, building all sorts of interesting equipment for the
massive tanks, fighter planes, and bombers that defended us in lands far away.
Dad worked too long and too hard. As a result he suffered a physical breakdown.
And on its heels came an emotional trauma that puzzled everyone, including the
doctors.
I was convinced in my heart that my dad was going to die.
He may have had such thoughts too, because one night he called me into his room
for a somber father-son talk …. I remember leaning hard against his bed,
listening carefully to a voice that was hardly more than a whisper. I thought I
was hearing him for the last time. He gave me counsel on life—how I should
live, how I should conduct myself as his son. The counsel wasn't long, and then
I left and went across the hall to the room that I shared with my older
brother. All alone, I lay across my bed and sobbed, convinced that I would
never see my dad alive again.
That scene still haunts me. Even though my dad recovered
to live … I still remember the night he talked to me. Something very
significant is wrapped up in our final words. Consider the night in Jerusalem
when the Lord and his disciples gathered for … what we call "The Last
Supper." Less than twelve hours after [that meal], Jesus was nailed to a
cross; a few hours later, he was dead. Jesus understood the significance of
those moments and the importance of his last counsel. And so he gave them
exactly what they would need to carry them through the rest of their days.
Christ can give us exactly what we need in our lives.
Take the time to fellowship with Christ, read the truth of His words and learn
the lessons He teaches.
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