The world is a dangerous place for God’s children. There are many forces that work to erode our faith. There is immense pressure on us to join in the competitive identity-building games that characterise the world system. The pressure that the world exerts on us is like a strong ocean current. It is impossible to swim against the current in your own strength. Jesus has pulled his disciples along up to this point, but now he is letting go and leaving them. But he does not intend for them to go it alone. Rather, he commits them to God. God, by his Spirit, will give them the strength to swim against the current. Jesus does not ask God to extract them from the current of the world. Their calling is to create a different current by swimming in the right direction. It is to this end that he sends them into the world, into the current. As a disciple of Jesus, you are called not to withdraw from the world but to be an agent of change in the world. Within every human heart a strong current of desire flows and often flows in the wrong direction. But God calls us to establish a different flow. This must first happen within our own hearts. Only then will we truly live against the flow of the world and serve to establish a different current. Jesus calls us to establish a flow of life toward God rather than away from him. It is a flow of worship and love. Which way is your heart flowing?
Spend some time seeking and worshipping God.
Read John 17:1-18
