John 17-18

In the final hours before Jesus’ betrayal, he prays for his disciples, both current and future. “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word”.
Jesus prays that God would keep them, “that they may be one, even as we are one”, that they might see Jesus in his glory, and that “the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
The kingdom Jesus belongs to is not part of this world, and so too are we not part of this world. Let us strive to be one with God, filled with Christ’s character, looking for that future metropolis.