My SOAP from Saturday is below.  SOAP stands for Scripture, Observation, Application and Prayer.

S:  John 17:15,18

“I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one…As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.”

O: This Jesus’ prayer to the Father regarding those who are his (his current disciples) and those who will believe upon Him (vs20).  Just as there was purpose in Jesus coming to the world, through He was not of it…so also there is purpose in Him sending us into the world: to be His representatives, displaying His likeness, His love, His power and authority.  He prays to the Father for us, not that we would be taken from the world to which He has sent us, but that God would keep us from the evil one while we are here.  There is a real enemy of our souls; one that is in dominion over this world for now, and he desires to grasp onto us and snatch us from God that we would no longer be a threat to him.  For our enemy knows that Jesus overcame and gives us the power to overcome as well!

There is significance in this:  Jesus prayed this prayer for us.

A: Jesus says He sent me into the world. He has established purpose for my life.  He has placed me exactly where He wants me in time and location.  I am called and appointed, as a child of God, to be His representative to a world in desperate need of a savior, my savior Jesus Christ.  I must live my life with this in mind, this thought always before me.  And I must daily allow God’s inspired God-Breathed Word (2 Tim 3:16-17) to sanctify me through and through, that I would be strengthened in resolve to STAND against the enemy of my soul.

P: Father, thank you for giving me understanding of your scripture.  To know that Jesus prayed for me, to know that you are keeping me from the evil one and sanctifying me through your word – I am humbled.  Father, mold me into the likeness of you son, that the world may see Jesus.

~ Rebecca

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