Showing Our Love for the Father and the Son

John 14:31

But I will do what the Father requires of me, so that the world will know that I love the Father. Come, let's be going.

What an succinct invitation that Jesus offered to His disciples, "Come let's be going."   He offers us the same invitation to join Him in doing the work of the Father.  

We cannot possibly find a better model for life, nor a better partner for our work, than the only man who lived without sin.  And what was it that this man without sin did?  He loved His Father and He did what His Father asked of Him.  Then He asked others to join Him in His work.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we are asked to be obedient to the Father as He was.  We are asked to share the Gospel as He did.  We are asked to suffer for the sake of the kingdom as He did.  We are asked to fully surrender to the will of the Father as He did.  We are asked to find others who will join in the work of the kingdom, just as the Son of Man did.  In doing so, we join Jesus in doing the work that the Father called Him to do.

Let us be obedient to the call of Jesus.  Let us join the Son of God in doing the Father's work.  Let us show the Father and the Son how much we love them by joining them in their good work.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for loving us so that we are empowered to show the world how much we love You.  We bless the name of Jesus for surrendering His life to You so that we can surrender to You.  We thank You, Father, for the privilege of joining Your Son, Jesus, in His work.  We pray, Lord, that You will raise us up as instruments of Your good work.   We ask that You use us as vessels of Your perfect love and forgiveness.  We seek the wisdom, grace and the strength to be able to gather others to unite with us in union with Our Savior.  We ask all these things in the holy name of One who invites us to join Him, Jesus Christ.