Today's Devotion: 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. (The Holy Bible : New International Version. electronic ed. Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 1996, c1984, S. Jn 17:15-16)

Just as Jesus was sent into the world by God the Father, so did Jesus send His disciples into the world in continuance of God's salvation plan for mankind. And, as disciples of Christ, we are set aside for the tasks that God gives to us.

Today's Comments: To be "set aside" by God means to be sanctified. Each of us given his or her mission in the world, and each of us is responsible for our actions in the world as it relates to the mission that God has given to us. We are responsible to both God and to each other. And so, as Jesus prayed for His disciples, I think that he prays, as well, for us--- that we may remain in the world, but not of the world, and that we be protected from the evil which is so prevalent in the world.