We talked yesterday about accepting Jesus love and the release it brings. Today's reading is John 16 v5 to John 17 v 5 in which Jesus continues to teach the disciples about the coming events of his Crucifixion, his Resurrection, his ascending into Heaven and the coming of the Holy Spirit.
As you would expect, the disciples are getting overwhelmed by all this. In v 12 Jesus says that there is much more for him to teach, but he recognises that it is more than they can now bear.
But that doesn't stop him continuing this conversation with the disciples, who are getting upset that the good times appear to be coming to an end and they have little idea of where to go from here.
In v 22, Jesus talks about the joy that his return will bring, and spends the rest of the chapter enlarging this picture and getting the disciples to the point where they have an understanding of the idea, the disciples suddenly seemed to "click" around v 29 and confirm that they don't need to ask any further questions – how happy Jesus must have felt at that point.
The great thing is this – we too can experience the joy of Jesus coming again – it is the greatest event we have to look forward to, and so long as we remain in Jesus, so will we be there with him when he comes again.
Richard Mason
Read the bible in a year: Psalm 68:1-6, 1 Samuel 17:38-18:30, John 16:5-17:5
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