Just as Aaron - the high priest who represented the highest Authority on Earth - bore the names of the children of Israel on the breastplate of judgment over his heart, Jesus also bears our names in the palm of His hands. How can he forget the saved if they are registered on His own body? The Word says: See, I have inscribed you on the palm of My hands; your walls are continually before Me (Isaiah 49:16). God's presence always keeps us protected.

God never stops thinking about us. He knows our thoughts and helps us make decisions. We don't need to be sad or sorry about the afflictions we face. The Savior himself warned us about them: These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. (John 16.33). So, let's not worry about the works of the enemy, because he has already been defeated by Christ.

Our position today is far better than that of Israel in Jesus' day, because He, as High Priest, bore the name of those who would be saved on the breastplate of judgment over His heart. After His death and resurrection, Christ has the names of those who are members of His Body in the palm of His hand. That's why, wherever He is, He will always do the Father's will, remembering those who are part of His Church - His family - so that the devil doesn't touch any of them. The saved can claim what they need from the Lord!

Jesus and the Father are so united that they are one (John 10:30). Christ made us one with Him when He prayed to God: I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; (John 17.20). Even when praying for His disciples of those days, the Master included us in His request. All of Christ's petitions were answered. Therefore, we must be sure that ours will be too!

Continuing His cry for us, the Master showed that our union with Them - Father and Son - would make the world accept us as His ministers: That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me (John 17.21). When we understand that we have been accepted by the Father and sent by Him into this world with the authority to bind and loose blessings for all, we will do our best for His work.

In addition to placing us in unity with Him and the Father, the Savior explained that He also gave us the glory that He received from the Most High: And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one, as We are one (John 17:22). Don't be afraid to do the same things as Christ, because we have the glory that was given to Him (John 14.12). He received it in full and transferred it to us. Believe in it and live it!

Aaron bore the names of the Israelites on the breastplate of judgment; Jesus bears our names written on the palm of His hands continuously. Uninterruptedly He displays our names as heirs to the promises. We are represented before the Father!

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares