Eternal Life

Eternal Life

As Jesus begins praying in John chapter 17 verse three, He makes a fascinating statement: “this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent” (John 17:3). When we think of eternal life, we often think in the quantitative sense of an unending period of time. Jesus, however, uses it here in a qualitative sense of knowing God. This statement touches at the core of why we even pray in the first place—to genuinely know God in a personal way. This is the whole point of our Christian journey, not just to live forever at a future time, but to experience a closer relationship in the here and now. This week, ask God for this kind of eternal life. Now that’s something to pray about!