I wanted to share an email that I shared with the people of First United Methodist Student Ministries today, on See You at the Pole day.
Today we pray at our school flag poles globally
Today is See You at the Pole and I had the pleasure and honor to lead the scripture and prayer at Smith Middle School here in Cleburne. As I stood among many middle school students I read from the Gospel of John in chapter 17, starting in verse 20.
“I am not asking solely for their benefit; this prayer is also for all the believers who will follow them and hear them speak. Father, may they all be one as You are in Me and I am in You; may they be in Us, for by this unity the world will believe that You sent Me. All the glory You have given to Me, I pass on to them. May that glory unify them and make them one as We are one, I in them and You in Me, that they may be refined so that all will know that You sent Me, and You love them in the same way You love Me.” (John 17:20-23, The Voice)
In this great prayer that Jesus prays for His disciples, He returns repeatedly to the gathering of believers unified with the Father and the Son and in that same unity we all gathered this morning at several campuses across the world to pray for our schools, students, teachers, parents, and ultimately our entire communities across the world. This passage also is a testament that thousands of years ago Jesus the Christ prayed for you and for me. That we may be united in the love and grace of the Creator.
Do you see how amazing that is!?
Before we even existed Christ was praying was praying that we would be in Him as He is in Us. Wow! How Great is our God! So, today let this prayer that Jesus prayed be our prayer. May we be united in Christ and may we be in Him as He is in Us.
Praise be to God!
Amen.