Drop in a Bucket!


"My prayer is not for them (the disciples) alone. I pray also for those (us) who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

John 17:20-23

Jesus has given His followers today the glory that God gave Him! When I read those words I feel like a little child and I want to ask my Father: “What do you mean what glory?” What is “Glory?”

According to one dictionary definition Glory is the fame, admiration, and honor that is given to somebody who does something important. Is this admiration caused by Jesus or given by Jesus? Does Jesus cause others to admire us or does He admire us? The almost unimaginable truth is that Jesus Himself gives us Glory!

My father was a man of few words. My verbosity was taught by my mother. But my father paid me a ten word compliment once that I will never forget. It was in fact so precious that I must not share it here or I will get completely side tracked just thinking about it. When a parent sincerely admires a child it gives the child a Glory that cannot be matched except by Jesus Himself.

If you are a disciple of Jesus Christ and are His child He has given you Glory! Jesus likes you. Jesus appreciates you. Jesus is proud of you. Jesus wants to be with you.

A good parent enjoys spending time with his child. Jesus Christ wants to be with me. It gives me joy to be with Him, but it also gives Him joy to be with me. The love that I share with Jesus is not a one way street. I give Him Glory, but according to John 17:22 Jesus gives Glory to me!

I frankly do not grasp this truth. It is beyond my poor ability to understand, but I can by faith know that Jesus is pleased with me.

Of all the things that might encourage a man on earth this is the greatest! Jesus loves me and admires me! I must not forget that His admiration is not because of what I have done or will ever do. His admiration for me is because I love Him even as He has loved me!

The depth of Jesus love for me makes the deepest ocean into no more than a drop in a bucket! Praise Him Forever!