John 17 records a prayer of Jesus to his Father.  He speaks much about the Father’s love for him.  In his Father’s presence, he talks about the Father loving him before the foundation of the world (John 17: 24).  And it is clear that Jesus still enjoys his Father’s love.  Furthermore, all through the prayer, he expresses his love for the Father as the Son.   

As Father and Son make their home with us, we share in this love.  Towards the end of his prayer, the Son says to his Father I want the love with which you have loved me to be in them and I in them (John 17: 26).  That happens when Father and Son make their home with us in the Spirit. We share in the Father’s love for his Son and the Son’s love for his Father.

As Father and Son make their home with us, we share in the Son’s joy (John 17.13).   Jesus speaks about my joy in them.  In love relationship with the Father, the Son has great joy.  It is the joy of the Father’s home. To be at home with the Father in a love relationship is to be full of joy in the Father’s love. A joy that surpasses all other joys.  As Father and Son make their home with us, we enter into the joy of their home. 

As Father and Son make their home with us, we share in Jesus’ peace.  Not just any peace, but my peace. Peace I leave with you; MY peace I give to you (John 14: 27). There is perfect peace in the Father and Son’s home.  As they make their home with us we experience this peace that surpasses all understanding.  Jesus’ peace at home with his Father is in us by the Spirit.