Unlocking the Word-Hoard (Jn. 17)
In reading Beowulf with my seniors this past week, I came across one of my favorite images in literature: the idea of Beowulf unlocking his “word-hoard” (Roberts ed.) and speaking his storehouse of thoughts. Thinking on this seems to have unlocked my own, as this summer was quiet, reflective, and restful, I had taken to writing my thoughts on paper instead of blogging them. In retrospect, all of my studies this summer have been tied to THE WORD. Genesis and John and Revelation all reveal the power of the Word at creation, on the earth, and at the end, and Psalms reveals His glory, Proverbs His wisdom. Today, as I sit reading and pondering John 17, the recorded prayers of the Word Himself offer me encouragement. When Jesus finishes the work that God had given Him to do, and He had spoken all of the words the disciples needed to hear from Him in order to believe and obey, he lifts them (and all the ones to come in the future as mentioned in verse 20) up to the Father in prayer