We soon will be celebrating once again the resurrection of our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ. In the Gospel of John, Chapters 13-16, Jesus gives His farewell discourse to His disciples.  Chapters 14-16 are words of comfort and assurance to this group of fearful and distressed followers.  
 
Jesus states in John 14:1,
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me”
 
Jesus goes on to reassure them in Vs. 3,
“And if I go and prepare a place for you I WILL come again and receive you to Myself that where I am, there you may be also.”  (My emphasis)
 
“I will…”  how comforting those two words are to Believers.  There are other “I will’s” in this chapter equally as comforting:
 
“If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.”  Vs. 14
 
“And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor (Helper, Comforter, Intercessor, Advocate), that He may abide with your forever, even the Spirit of truth…”  
Vs. 16-17 
 
“I will not leave you orphans, I will come to you.”  Vs. 18
 
“He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me.
And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”  Vs. 21
 
What promises!  Not only for those disciples, but for all the saints (true believers).  They are the ones who love Jesus, put their faith and trust in Him and keep His commandments.  These are Believers with a heart’s desire to KNOW Him.  
 
Look at verse 21 again, there is that wonderful “I WILL disclose Myself to him.”  
And Vs. 14 says that we just have to ‘ask’.
 
Then just listen to Jesus’ glorious prayer of intercession to the Father as you read Chapter 17.  What love!
 
This is only the very briefest taste of what Jesus said to His disciples at this time, but I hope and urge you to take the time in the next two weeks to seek the Lord to open up to you these chapters and even on to the end of John’s Gospel.  What a wonderful preparation for the Easter celebration.
 
How wonderfully gracious is our God!  These chapters reveal how the whole of the Godhead is so vitally involved with each Believer.  How can we not but give our Mighty God all honor, praise and glory now and forever more?
 
So we sing of our loving God:
    “The Lord Thy God in the midst of thee is mighty, is mighty;
     He will save and He will rejoice over thee with joy;
      He will rest in His love, He will joy over thee with singing,
     The Lord Thy God in the midst of thee is mighty, 
     is mighty, is MIGHTY!”