Welcome to today’s live to love scripture encouragement from John 13:32. We’ve been diving into the ocean of the glory of God revealed in Jesus Christ. After saying, “Now is the Son of Man glorified and God is glorified in Him,” Jesus said, “If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately.”
We have been considering that the primary motivation for living to love with Jesus is the glory of God, because that was His primary motivation for loving with His Father. That motivation lives in us if Jesus lives in us! What moved Jesus to tell Judas to go betray Him? It was the deep desire to make much of His Father and to see Him glorified in His words and actions. Why do we live each day to love with Jesus? We do it because the greatest desire of the heart of the Son of God dwelling in us is for God to be glorified in Him. Because pronouns can be confusing, as we are all witnessing in this perverted generation, I want to remove them and put in Jesus’ name. “If God is glorified in Jesus, the Son, God will also glorify Jesus, the Son, in Himself, and will glorify Jesus, the Son, immediately.” This helps us better understand what moves and empowers the love in Jesus. It’s His unity with the Father. This unity is vital for us to understand because it is the driving reality behind the administration and flow of God’s love in the world. When Jesus loved with His Father, He did so by abiding in His Father and His Father abiding in Him. If God is glorified as Jesus began the laying down of His life by telling Judas to betray Him, then God will glorify Jesus in Himself and do it immediately. In other words, from the initial act of the love of God revealed in Jesus, the glory of God immediately occurs. Perhaps what Jesus was referring to is that as all of heaven’s hosts watch the Son of God obey His Father, they see their unity of heart, mission, words, and actions and erupt in glorious praise and honor, “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.” If Jesus is glorified in us, He will glorify us in Himself and will do it immediately as we love with Him.
Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com
