Saturday 28 May 2022

May 28: John 16:23-28

Key Verse: John 16:26
In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

Devotion:
As Jesus started to open up about being the Son of God, He started to tell the disciples these things figuratively; He knew if He told the the truth outright they would have trouble understanding and believing, but if He continue to drip-feed them until they could understand the truth, they would be able to accept it. Until now Jesus had told the disciples God would always listen to them when they lifted their prayers up to Him. Now He was telling them to ask Him for things...

This must have been a bit strange to the disciples then, but we can look back and understand what he was saying. They would have to take a leap of faith right there and then to accept Jesus as being their Messiah. I love the way the disciples are told not to ask Jesus for things hoping He will forward those prayers on to God, but to just ask in Jesus name!

Jesus is our advocate, but He is not a simple messenger! He is not there to ferry our prayers on to God but to answer our prayers in His position of the Son of God. Jesus wants us to know we can depend on Him and ask Him for anything, just as we ask God the Father for things.

With this and what we know about the Holy Spirit and Him being sent by Jesus to live with us, we can now ask the Holy Spirit things knowing He is God too. What a wonderful position to be in, being able to ask God, Christ or the Holy Spirit knowing He is going to answer our prayers. If you feel like God and Jesus are too far away because they are in Heaven, then ask the Holy Spirit because He lives with and in us here on earth!

Points to Ponder:
How often do you pray?

Will you ask for things from God in person?