John 5:20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will marvel.
The Father shows the Son what He is doing because He loves the Son. Let’s pause and think about this reality. We ask, “Has this changed?” I don’t think so because Jesus said to His disciples in John 14:12-14. “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.” The Father still loves the Son and shows Him what He is doing in our lives, so the Son may glorify the Father in our lives.
Now let’s think along another line. If the Father loves the Son, and the Son lives in us, then we are also loved by the Father and the Son. If one aspect of God’s love is to “show all things that He Himself is doing,” shouldn’t we expect God to show Jesus in us what He is doing so we can experience and express His love? The passage in John 14 says we should because He went to the Father, meaning, the Father glorifies the Son by sending the Holy Spirit. When the Holy Spirit comes, both the Father and the Son indwell those who love Jesus and His word (John 14:23). Jesus said, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and my Father will love Him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.” In other words, we become God’s house that has many dwelling places, as Jesus said in 14:2.
Now, what are the greater works that the Father will show the Son? At the time that Jesus spoke those words, the greatest work of God had not occurred—the redemptive work on the cross, which came about because of the rejection of the Jewish leaders. The Jews, who were questioning him at the time of this story, were fulfilling the Lord’s work. This was prophesied in Psalms 118:22-23. “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.”
Today, we should marvel that the Lord has accomplished all that was planned that we might become sons of God, loved by the Father, and participants with the Son as He does the mighty works of God in those who love Him. Isn’t it marvelous that we have the privilege of living to love with Jesus and doing the works of God with Him? Indeed, how marvelous! How wonderful is the Savior’s love for us. Today, we are the living, God-indwelt, body of Christ on the earth. May the Father show us what He is doing so we can accomplish and prove His will, that which is good, acceptable, and perfect.
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