Here we see the great theme of Jesus’ prayer. Jesus is concerned about His friends and disciples because He is no longer going to be in the world. He is the point of contact for His people and now He is leaving to go back to the Father, so He prays that they would be kept in the Father’s name. This means that they would be kept by the power of God. He prays that they would continue to be one. Jesus expresses the closeness of being “one” by comparing it to the oneness that He and the Father have together. How important for us to see that we are connected to each other in Jesus. He desires and even prays for us to be one by the power of God. How important does this make worship, church, and fellowship?
