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Narrator: Chris Genthree
Duration: 1min
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In prayer in the last hours before His death, our Lord Jesus twice says “I will” to His God and Father. First, as a perfect, submissive servant He prays, “Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt” (Mark 14:3636And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. (Mark 14:36)). Second, as Son of God, He expresses His will concerning those the Father had given to Him. He prays, “Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am; that they may behold My glory” (John 17:2424Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. (John 17:24)). The work His Father had given Him to do on earth was now finished, and He was leaving earth to return home the Father’s house. But His disciples were to remain on earth; they had received his words and were being sent into the world to share those words with all men. But in the Father’s time, He would return for them. This issue is about that event, which He daily looks forward to with more desire than we can imagine — the moment when He will fetch us to be with Him forever and begin to see Him in His glory. Let us each and every day of our lives respond to His desire by being “men that wait for their lord” (Luke 12:3636And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. (Luke 12:36)).