Imitating Christ - Praying Like Him
Faustino de Jesús Zamora Vargas
SUMMARY: Jesus Christ, the divine Son of God, prayed to the Father in his human form during his earthly life, with a deep reverence and submission. His prayer in John 17 is a hymn cried out by the incarnate God, and it is the only recorded prayer of Jesus Christ in the days of his flesh. In this prayer, Jesus asks the Father to keep us in his name, to protect us and guard us with zeal, and to unite us as one body of Christ, so that we can be a diligent avenue of blessing for others. He also urges us to serve for the benefit of others, seek spiritual unity, and be salt and light in a world of darkness. Jesus sends us into the world to spread the message of redemption and eternal life, just as he was sent by the Father to establish an order and incarnate the true and only God. Finally, Jesus prays for us to be with him where he is, to see his glory, and to glorify the Father. As Christians, we should imitate Christ in prayer, edify each other, support each other, and show the world the love for which he gave himself.
The divine Christ in his earthly life prayed to the Father in his manhood. The man who felt compassion watching the lost crowd "like sheep without a shepherd" (Mt 9.36), the man who wept at the tomb of his friend Lazarus (John 11:35) and upon seeing the city of Jerusalem (Lk 19:41) a few days away of his death on the cross. He prayed with the conviction of being heard by the Father , with the certainty that his prayer would be a legacy of love for the disciples who also hear his cry.
The Word that was God (John 1.1) prayed for us, those of us who were given by God to his son Jesus to be a witness in the world, to be sent to fulfill his mission. If we wish to see the heart of the God-Man, his human nature, his dreams and longings for his church, his feelings of redemption for the world, his reverent fear of the Father and his desire to glorify him, let us go back to John 17, a hymn cried out. of the incarnate God, a prayer that we must imitate. The only recorded prayer of Jesus Christ in "the days of his flesh."
The Word that was God (John 1.1) prayed for us, those of us who were given by God to his son Jesus to be a witness in the world, to be sent to fulfill his mission. If we wish to see the heart of the God-Man, his human nature, his dreams and longings for his church, his feelings of redemption for the world, his reverent fear of the Father and his desire to glorify him, let us go back to John 17, a hymn cried out. of the incarnate God, a prayer that we must imitate. The only recorded prayer of Jesus Christ in "the days of his flesh."
