Solutions August 2018 | Page 52

Before Jesus goes, voluntarily, to the cross, he contemplates his physical death, offering his most transparent and reflective prayers. Some personal accounting with respect to His life’s journey is taking place in this prayer; the prayer process reveals the thinking process. “Let’s see. Did I bring God glory? Check. Did I do on earth what God put me here to do? Check. Can I return home with a clear conscience that I did everything I could to reveal God’s love and plan? Check.” end and completeness when the end comes -- no unfinished business. The dangerous good revolution will be a movement of faithful men who are like Jesus. Ta ke n f ro m Dangerous Good: The Coming Revolution of Men Who Care by Kenny Luck. Copyright © 2018. Used by permission of NavPress. All rights reserved. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Jesus’ prayer reveals that he was ready go back home to the Father: He had no unfinished business here on earth; He had been faithful; He was complete. His prayer functions as a kind of final check with the Father. There is your working definition of how your truest identity reflects your ultimate destiny: God’s man knows that his identity in the Father includes being with the Father forever. The visible fruit of that knowledge is faithfulness to the Kenny Luck Kenny Luck is the founder of Every Man Ministries and host of The Every Man Show. His latest book, Dangerous Good: The Coming Revolution of Men Who Care is now available at www.everymanministries.com. 52 • Solutions