John 17:24 “Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
To “take the high road” means to do the right thing even though it’s not popular or easy. Jesus IS the high road. Let me explain…
In John 17 Jesus is praying for us, believers. In verse 14, He said that we are not of the world, even as He is not of the world. That’s great news, this world has no power over us. In verse 15, He prays that the Father should not remove us from this world, but that He should keep us from the evil one. Again, this world and the evil one has no power over us. Awesome. And then in verse 24, Jesus prays that we would be where He is. Wait. What? Aren’t we where He is now, joint heirs with Christ, seated with Him in heaven? Yes, our born-again spirit is where He is (as He is, so are we in this world, 1 John 4:17). But it’s our minds that also need to be where He is that we might “behold His glory”. We need to take the high road in our thinking and not try to bring him down to our way of thinking. We need to come up to His way of thinking. We need to come up to His way of living, healing, acting, loving, and prospering. It’s time to take the high road!
