The Upper Room Discourse
From Chapter 13 through Chapter 17 Jesus is in the upper room for the last supper. He dines with the disciples and shares so much of his spirit with them.
He starts the entire meal by washing the feet of the disciples, serving and loving. He teaches the disciples so much of himself during the entire dinner. He shows them how to serve, and loves them completely in the process.
He shares how he is the only way to the Father. How he is central to the whole faith. And in chapter 15 -my absolute favorite chapter of the upper room discourse, he talks of his relationship with the Father and his desire for his disciples to have that same relationship with the Father.
It's so amazing. The whole dinner is centered on everybody's position to one another, starting with Jesus knowing he is all powerful basically, and then washing feet, and ending with Jesus "high priestly prayer" where he asks the Father for the same connection for the disciples.
It's wonderful how he lays out for the disciples and now us, where he is, where the Father is, and where we are ALL IN RELATIONSHIP TO ONE ANOTHER.
We are the branches. He is the vine. The Father is the vine dresser. I think it shows God's GREAT DESIRE for us to be in communion with him. For us to grow in an intimate relationship with our maker. He created us for relationship and through Jesus gave us the CHANCE for that relationship!
God is so in love with us. And I am SO in love with him!
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