From: Oswald Chambers Ministries
John 17:21 "..that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us..."
God reveals in John 17 that His purpose is not just to answer our prayers, but that through prayer we might come to discern His mind. God is not concerned about our plans; He doesn’t ask, “Do you want to go through this loss of a loved one, this difficulty, or this defeat?” No, He allows these things for His own purpose.
The things we are going through are either making us sweeter, better, and nobler men and women, or they are making us more critical and fault-finding, and more insistent on our own way. The things that happen in our lives either make us evil, or they make us more saintly, depending entirely on our relationship with God and its level of intimacy.
Jesus prayed nothing less for us than absolute oneness with Himself, just as He was one with the Father. If we will pray, regarding our own lives, “Your will be done”, then we will be encouraged and comforted by John 17, knowing that our Father is working according to His own wisdom, accomplishing what is best.
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