We will make our home
Today's focusJesus promises that the Father will send another Comforter, the Spirit of truth, to be with his disciples for ever, and that the Father and the Son will come and make their home with those who love him.
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15If ye love me, keep my commandments. 16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 19Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. 20At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. 21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. 22Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. 24He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me. 25These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. 26But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Reflection
Jesus offers a beautiful promise to everyone who loves him: you are never truly alone. Even as he spoke of leaving his disciples, he assured them, "I will not leave you comfortless." Instead, the Father sends "another Comforter," the "Spirit of truth," to "abide with you for ever." This means the presence of God is not a fleeting visitor in your life, but a constant companion who "dwelleth with you" and remains "in you."
The mystery of the Trinity is expressed here as a warm, personal invitation. Jesus says that for those who love him and keep his words, both he and the Father "will come unto him, and make our abode with him." God does not stay at a distance; he makes his home within your heart. When you feel uncertain, the "Holy Ghost" is there to "teach you all things" and bring the words of Jesus back to your "remembrance." You are held in a deep union where Jesus is in the Father, you are in him, and he is in you.
AI-written reflection on the passage above. Let Scripture itself be the main thing.
Reflect
What difference does it make to you that God promises to make his home with those who love Jesus?
Pray
Lord Jesus, thank you that you do not leave me as an orphan. Father, make your home in my heart. Holy Spirit, teach me and remind me of all that Jesus said.