If anyone knew his exact job descriptions, Jesus did. Yesterday we noticed that in order not to labour in vain it is important to do just what God wants us to do. Knowing this will keep us away from distractions which, incidentally, may be other people’s mandate! At some point Jesus was being wooed to be made king. Even though He knew in Himself that He was King of kings, that offer was not from God. It would have eventually trapped Him into doing the irrelevant.  Quickly He rubbished the idea. That is one of the things that will happen when you are sure of what you should do with your life. What attracts other people, and what others struggle to get will hold no appeal for you.

There is nothing that better guarantees divine backing than being the man or woman that God created us to be; and doing the thing that He has mapped out for us.

Apart from this, divine support comes as you do what God expects of you. In John’s Gospel alone there were no less than 17 references where Jesus alluded to the fact that the “Father sent me”. One of the instances is what we adopted as our meditation today. He spoke with all clarity about the partnership of the Father with His mission here on earth. It could not be otherwise; the work He was doing was commissioned by the Father and has to be backed up. There is nothing that better guarantees divine backing than being the man or woman that God created us to be; and doing the thing that He has mapped out for us. As Jesus made His prayer in John 17 we can see Him literally exult in the fact that He finished the work given to Him by the Father. There is joy unspeakable for those who do what they are called to do, standing faithful to the end.