John 17 - Everything

I pray for them. I am not praying for the world
but for those You have given Me, because they are Yours.

Everything I have is Yours and everything You have is Mine,
and I have been glorified in them. (John 17:9-10, HCSB)

 

"Everything I have is Yours,"

Said Jesus to the Father.

Though I'm not He, yet still I see

Truth there that can apply to me:

 

I should hold all with open hands

Before My Father-King,

And seek to yield to His commands -

Surrender as His will demands.

 

My time, possessions, family,

Reputation, skills and goals,

These aren't my own, but His freely

To mold as best for His glory.

 

Also, the things I do not like

He nailed to Calvary with love’s spike;

Failures intrinsic to my past

Have met their match in Him at last.

 

"Everything You have is Mine,"

Said Jesus to the Father.

Though I'm not He, yet still I see

Truth there that may apply to me:

 

He has all power, wisdom, grace,

Peace, untarnished righteousness.

When I a pauper first believed,

I then access to these received!

 

The treasure-trove of all He is

He opens grandly with a smile,

And gently gives His favor's kiss

As We journey over rocky miles.

 

Here is the punch line of those verses

Jesus prayed to His Father:

The things they share He referenced there

Are us His followers, children, heirs.

 

We are His prized redemptive focus -

Designed to know Him, bear His glory.

Though frail and stumbling we may be,

Yet with us He wants unity.

 

Then rise up and walk on in faith,

My soul; you are not hopeless waif.

And sing with Him the Victor's song;

His strength will always make you strong.

 

Everything I have is His,

And everything He has is mine.

Nothing can ever alter this,

And all I need in Him I find.