John 17:13-19 “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
As Jesus prayed for His followers, He told the Father what they could overhear: He had shared the truth with them. He wanted them to fully immerse themselves in the Truth. No sponge bath - fully washed and cleansed. That is the way to joy, despite living in a hostile world opposed to the Truth. We need to go out into the world, into our daily lives having soaked up His Truth, allowing it to cleanse and change our lives. When we do that, His Truth sustains us in all trials and temptations.
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