Jesus spoke this prayer of certainty to FATHER in John chapter 17:
1 This is what Jesus prayed as He looked up into Heaven,
“Father, the time has come.
Unveil the glorious splendor of Your Son
so that I will magnify Your glory!
2 You have already given Me authority
over all people so that I may give
the gift of eternal life to all those that You have given to Me.
3 Eternal life means to know and experience You
as the only true GOD,
and to know and experience Jesus Christ,
as the Son whom You have sent.
4 I have glorified You on the earth
by faithfully doing everything You’ve told Me to do.
5 So my Father, restore Me back to the glory
that WE shared together when WE were face-to-face
before the universe was created.”
Jesus affirmed by these Words of His existence, awareness, AND position before the universe was created. This is why it is importance for each of us to ponder and accept what THE SPIRIT spoke in Psalm 139:
16 YOU saw who you created me to be before I became me!
Before I’d ever seen the light of day,
the number of days YOU planned for me
were already recorded in YOUR book.
FATHER, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit expressly planned our destinies before we were placed in the womb of our mothers. Agape Love, however, gives us the choice to pursue our perfect destiny or choose some dismal alternative. It is amazing to me that anyone would fight against such a revelation and blessing. Only the adversary and his minions want us to walk in a life which leads toward death and destruction. Misery loves company!
Jesus continues in His prayer of certainty:
6 “Father, I have manifested who You really are
and I have revealed You to the men and women
that you gave to me.
They were Yours, and You gave them to Me,
and they have fastened Your Word firmly to their hearts.
7 And now at last they know that everything I have is a gift from You,
8 And the very Words You gave to Me to speak
I have passed on to them.
They have received Your Words
and carry Them in their hearts.
They are convinced that I have come from Your Presence,
and they have fully believed that You sent Me to represent You.
9 So with deep Love, I pray for my disciples.
I’m not asking on behalf of the unbelieving world,
but for those who belong to You,
those You have given Me.
10 For all who belong to Me now belong to You.
And all who belong to You now belong to Me as well,
and My Glory is revealed through their surrendered lives.
I have surrendered my life to Jesus thus I have surrendered my life to FATHER. Also, I have surrendered my life to The Holy Spirit and affirm this surrender daily by praying in The Holy Spirit. This is the essence of being a “wise virgin”. In response to me surrendering, I plant seed on behalf of the Kingdom. I do this by sowing HIS Word, acts of Agape Love, tithes, offerings, and joyous gifts to others. Someone who is wise not only hears the Word but responds and acts on It as well. There are no inactive “wise virgins”.
11 “Holy Father, I am about to leave this world
to return and be with YOU,
but My disciples will remain here.
So I ask that by the power of Your Name,
protect each one that You have given Me,
and watch over them so that they will be united
as one, even as WE ARE ONE.
12 While I was with these that YOU have given Me,
I have kept them safe by Your Name that You have given Me.
Not one of them is lost,
except the one that was destined to be lost,
so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
13 “But now I am returning to you so Father,
I pray that they will experience
and enter into My joyous delight in YOU
so that it is fulfilled in them and overflows.
We are meant to have an overflowing joyous delight in FATHER. As we move toward maturity, we will experience the fruit of this relationship in a greater fashion. This joy is exactly what the enemy does not want us to experience and this is why we do battle as we pursue the Highway of Holiness. Further, this is why The Holy Spirit had me write and reveal the devices and methods by the enemy so that we would not be ignorant and succumb to those devices of the devil. Fear, uncertainty, and doubt must be revoked and remove from our mindsets once and for all.
14 I have given them your message
and that is why the unbelieving world hates them.
For their allegiance is no longer to this world
because I am not of this world.
15 I am not asking that you remove them from the world,
but I ask that you guard their hearts from evil,
16 For they no longer belong to this world any more than I do.
17 “Your Word is truth! So make them Holy by the Truth.
18 I have commissioned them to represent Me
just as You commissioned Me to represent You.
19 And now I dedicate myself to them as a Holy Sacrifice
so that they will live as fully dedicated to God
and be made Holy by Your Truth.”
There are those in a hurry to leave the world and go straight to Heaven. However, this was not the Divine Intent of Jesus’ prayer. Why should we challenge the above Words? Jesus has dedicated Himself for us to also be dedicated to FATHER and be made Holy by HIS Truth. Let’s embrace these Words and be fruitful for The Kingdom as we live IN HIM on a daily basis. If we are fulfilling “the book” written about us in Psalm 139:16, WE CANNOT FAIL! Never look at a delay as a failure for there in no failure to be found in FATHER’S Divine Intent.
The following portion of His Prayer is specifically directed to you and me:
20 “And I ask not only for these disciples,
but also for all those who will one day
believe in Me through their message.
21 I pray for them all to be joined together as one
even as YOU and I, Father, are joined together as ONE.
I pray for them to become one with Us
so that the world will recognize that You sent Me.
22 For the very Glory You have given to Me I have given them
so that they will be joined together as one
and experience the same unity that We enjoy.
23 You live fully in Me and now I live fully in them
so that they will experience perfect unity,
and the world will be convinced that You have sent Me,
for they will see that You Love each one of them
with the same passionate Love that You have for Me.
24 “Father, I ask that you allow everyone that You have given to Me
to be with Me where I am!
Then they will see My full glory—
the very splendor You have placed upon Me
because You have Loved Me even before the beginning of time.
25 “You are My righteous Father,
but the unbelieving world has never known You
in the perfect way that I know You!
And all those who believe in Me
also know that You have sent Me!
26 I have revealed to them who You are
and I will continue to make You even more real to them,
so that they may experience the same endless Love
that You have for Me,
for YOUR Love will now live in them, even as I live in them!”
Agape Love was present when our books were written and IT is found throughout our intended destinies. Let us not resist one Word found in the above prayer but instead embrace EVERY WORD Jesus spoke to FATHER.
People who look for ways to make exceptions to the above Words of Jesus in any way are doing so out of their carnal man and are listening to the adversary who wants nothing more to derail our Divine Intent. Regrettably, they will find themselves categorized in one of the following: unwise virgins, tares, or goats. Those who follow an unbelieving world will not enter into The Glory spoken by Jesus in the above prayer of certainty to FATHER.