Set Apart for Sacred Use

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Over and over again, I return to John 17... my favorite chapter in the Gospels. As Jesus is praying to the Father on that final day, he is very clear about the meaning eternal life.

Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.  JOHN 17:3

Then he prays for those who will carry his message into all the world.  These words are timeless, spoken about the disciples at that time, and spoken for us at this time who are carrying the message.

Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.  As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.  For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.  JOHN 17:17-19

Have you imagined your life as set apart for sacred use?  

This is what Jesus is praying for his disciples then, and now!  Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.  The instrument of our sanctification is the Word of God.  As we read it, hear it, take it in and apply it...  Jesus goes on to pray:  

My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message

JOHN 17:20

God's work of sanctification is not only for us, but for those whose lives we will impact with the grace that God is working in and through us.  The Lord is calling us to bear fruit that will last for eternity!

I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.  You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.  This is my command: Love each other.  John 15:15-17

Take in God's Word every day!

Not only will it be a blessing in your life,

but also in the lives of others you touch with God's love.