{Note: Yes, I am back to writing after a bit of a break.]


“All I have is yours, and you have is mine, and glory has come to me through them.”

Today’s profound chapter of John 17 has long been a “pillar” in my spiritual walk. Many sermons and even books could be written on it. What struck me in this reading were Jesus words, “and I am glorified in them.” Jesus claims that his disciples – an inconsistent motley band of nobodies that followed him around Israel – bring glory to him. How can Jesus be glorified by this?! After all these same disciples were going to abandon him and even deny him in the next 24 hours making Jesus’ claim look foolish.

Today it is not so hard to believe that his disciples glorified Jesus. After Pentecost they changed the world. But it is hard to believe that these words also apply to us. Can we really bring glory to the co-creator of the universe and the Savior of the world? How? We just so often struggle to get through situations in daily life; how can we be so special as to bring glory to the Lord?! Yet, Jesus takes us where we are just like he did with the disciples. And when we are willing to follow him, albeit imperfectly, as impossible as it is to believe, we do bring glory to Jesus. What an amazing thing.