“Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.” John 17:24

In light of Father’s Day, I thought I would find some words in red of our loving Savior talking to His father. These happens to be some of my favorite words in scripture. Jesus prays these words to His father right before He is betrayed by Judas and delivered over to the soldiers.

“Father I desire…” I once heard someone preach that those three words could be meditated on for months and you’d never exhaust the revelation of love. When you read the whole verse in context, it can certainly display a great love. Jesus has desire that those who belong to Him would be with Him forever and partake of the glory of fellowship with the Holy Spirit in the same way. It’s so powerful to see His free will here. He wasn’t praying a robotic pre-programmed prayer. He had desire for us. He had desire that we would be saved eternally. He had desire to get up from this prayer and give His life away so that we could be joined to Him. Wow!

I desire to be with Him not just in the eternity to come, but even now. I desire to have fellowship with His Holy Spirit today and to walk in all that He has for me. I desire that my desires would be His desires. I desire to know His love more fully and to embrace His love.

“Father I desire…”