Sent Into The World
"My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world." — John 17:15-18 Gracious Lord Jesus, my friend and my King, Your prayer wasn't to move us from the world. We are, it seems, stuck in this world. But you are more intentional than that. You didn't leave us just to be stuck in this world. You first prayed for our protection from the evil one while we live in this world. The Father's protection over us keeps us from the harm and destruction of the evil one. Nothing that comes to us hasn't first passed through Your loving hands. Second, you remind us that though we are in the world, we are not of it. We are citizens of Heaven (Phil. 3:20). This world is not our home. Third, you prayed that we would be sanctified (set apart) by your truth. Your Word is tr...