You Were On His Mind

         "When E F Hutton speaks, everyone listens."  Maybe you remember that phrase.  I know I heard it on the television for several years and it usually showed a group of people talking and then all of a sudden, someone spoke from the firm of E. F. Hutton, and everyone stopped talking just to listen to what he said.  It was a cute advertisement but that's all that it was.  That's what advertisements are for.  You get them locked in your mind and can't get them out.  I have been influenced by advertisements.  I recall one time about 50 years ago, I was in the commissary at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D. C., looking for cereal and as I stood, there, I recalled an ad where corn stalks came popping up in the middle of the aisle which was supposed to prompt you to purchase "Corn Chex."  We are influenced by words and their meaning.  They get in our minds and then pop up when you least expect them.  The words of the Lord Jesus Christ should always pop up in our situations of life.  John 17:20 says, "Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;"   
      This chapter is truly the LORD's prayer.  It is a recording of the prayer that He prayed on the night of His betrayal.  We sing a song these days whose title says, "When He was on the Cross, I was on His Mind."  The above verse implies that very thought.  Well, at least He knew that there were going to be people who would believe because of what the He said and because of what the disciples said.  As we study the Bible these days, we hang on every word of it.  It is far greater than all of the E. F. Huttons in the world.  We have become accustomed of having "red" letter Bibles because it shows us the words of Christ and what He said.  It is important.  In fact, every word is important.  As I look at this verse, I see that I am one who has believed because of what the disciples said.  The words of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Peter, Paul, James remind us of what was said.  From such a casual statement in John 17, we realize that at that moment, the Lord Jesus Christ was praying for all those who would believe in the future.  If you believe, that includes you.  So you see, when Jesus was on the cross, you were on His mind.  Praise God today for the blessings of prayer and praise God for His Word.