The Sending

"Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you." John 16:7 (NIV)

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I used to think the disciples got the better deal, Jesus walking beside them in the flesh, while I only have what feels like the harder, unseen arrangement.

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But Jesus Himself called His going an advantage, not a loss.

He was one man, in one place, at one time.

You are not confined the way He was in the flesh. Because He went, You could come to every one of us, everywhere, all at once, closer than a body walking beside me could ever be.

I called what I have a lesser inheritance.

It was actually the better one, exactly as He promised.

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Forgive me for envying a nearness I already have, only in a form I did not recognize.

His going was for my gain.

You are the proof of it.

Sent Spirit, let me feel Your nearness as the advantage He said it would be.

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A Prayer of Thanksgiving

Thank You, Holy Spirit, for being sent because it was better for me.

Thank You for a nearness His physical presence could not have given everyone at once.

Let me live like I actually believe I have the better inheritance. Amen.

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