You Are Not An Orphan
“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.” (John 14:18-20 ESV)
Life is playing out of sync, like a cheap recording of a foreign film with English dubbed over the top—something just isn’t lining up. Like little children, many of us are pulling the blankets over our heads, pretending the danger out there will remain hidden as long as we don’t look at it. But there is a better way.
Jesus opens this chapter with the words, “Let not your hearts be troubled”, well, this sounds like a word for me. Maybe it is for you too.
”I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”
Despite feelings of abandonment or isolation, as a child of God, take courage. You are not an orphan. You have a Father. You have a home. You have a family.
”Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me.”
Though the circumstances seem grim, though the world saw Jesus lifted up and dead, buried in a grave — we know that appearances can be deceiving. Things are not the way they appear. The world sees fear, but we see Jesus.
“Because I live, you also will live.”
Your security, is as secure as Jesus is; your life is wrapped up in his. We live, because he lives.
“In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.”
See the beautiful thread of God’s love, woven together in Christ. Jesus in the Father. You in Jesus. Jesus in you.
You are wrapped up in the powerful hands of God. Right now, despite the fear and anxiety, despite the uncertainty, despite the inconvenience of an upturned life, Jesus grips you with an unshakable strength, and you are completely secure. Yet, as if that weren’t enough, with more glory and power and majesty than you could possibly comprehend, the Father wraps his hands in and over the top of Jesus’, and you, well, you’re held tight by the impenetrable protection of the Ancient of Days, the Almighty, the King of kings, and Lord of lords.
