The Love of Christ in Us!

“O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.” The words of our Lord as spoken in John 17:25 and 26.

Oh, that we could catch sight of the depth of this prayer!  "That the love wherewith Thou has loved me may be in them..."  Dear Christian!  Do you realize what Jesus was asking for here?  The love of the Father toward the Son indwelling in us!  The same love that sustained Jesus all the way from eternity past, throughout his entire earthly stay, and through all eternity future, now beats within our breast – but read on, he does not stop there!  He also asked that he would dwell within us also!  So with this knowledge, as bearers of the Father's love and of Christ himself, how can we live on this earth as though we are our own? “...Ye are not your own.  For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:20