the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
John 14:1-14
In ch. 13 we saw how the Lord was preparing His own to have a part with Him on earth (v. 8). He is going on now to prepare their place in His Father’s house. For this reason He must go on ahead, a little like the way the master of the house arranges that he will arrive home before his guests. The Bible gives us few details about heaven. But the presence of the Lord makes it a blessed place in which to be. And He Himself claims that the presence of His own with Him will be a source of joy to Him.
The Lord Jesus is the only way to the Father, He is the truth and He is the life. He had never ceased to reveal the Father in word and deed, however much sorrow the ignorance of His disciples caused Him. But could He not sometimes say to us too, "When you have heard about Me for so long and read My Word, how is it that you do not know Me better?"
"Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do," the Lord promises (v. 13). "In my name" is not some simple formula but implies that He can be in agreement with what we ask. Our prayer then becomes Jesus’ prayer and He will certainly answer it – not only because He loves us but in the first place because the Father’s glory is in question. Could there be any more excellent reason?
