I was in prayer and sensing the Lord speaking to me about my value and the value of all whose existence is the result of His heart’s desire and creation. He led me to the “that’s” of John 17 and the Pauline epistles. Here is what He lit up to me. Notice the longings of His heart.
“Glorify Your Son… that to all You have given Him, He may give eternal life.”
“This is eternal life that they may know You, the only true God…”
“that they may be one even as We are…”
“so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.”
“I sanctify Myself that they themselves may be sanctified in truth.”
“that they may all be one, even as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You…”
“so that the world may believe that You sent Me…”
“The glory that You have given Me, I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one…”
“perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me…”
“I desire also that they also… be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory, which You have given Me…”
“so that the love with which You have loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”
“And what if He is willing to make known the wealth of His glory on the objects of mercy that He has prepared beforehand for glory – even us…?”
As I looked to the Lord to piece together, what He was saying to me, this was the word that came:
“I have made you and all that you mean so that we need each other. Without each other, you and I will both be incomplete. Without each other, our joy will be incomplete. Without each other, we both fall short of our very purpose and meaning for existing. Without each other, the world is held in darkness. I will be dissatisfied with My glory as seen only by Myself. Without each other, there will be a missing piece, and that is you. Without each other, My love for You falls short. The ache of My heart remains. I cannot remain there. I am not satisfied with that."
