And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
Here again Jesus prays for the Father to glorify him. But notice that in these words of Jesus, we can learn something about Jesus, something John has been saying all throughout this book. Jesus is God.
How do we see that Jesus is God in this verse? Jesus speaks to the Father about the glory that he shared with the Father before the world began. Before the creation and before there was time, God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit exist together. One God in three persons, perfectly joyous, perfectly beautiful, perfectly holy, and perfectly relating to one another in glory. There is a constant flow of glory back and forth from one person in the trinity to the others as each finds joy in exalting the perfection of the others. This is a picture that our minds are too small to comprehend, but it is marvelous.
So, let’s just say this: if Jesus can claim to have shared glory with the Father from eternity past, he is claiming to be equal with God. Jesus is God. As we realize this, we can worship Jesus. He is not a mere man who did some really good things. He is not a good teacher whose ideas got him into trouble. Jesus is the God of the universe come to earth to save us from our sins against him. He is perfect and worthy of worship. Praise Jesus for his deity. Praise Jesus as God, the eternal one.
Pastor Travis Peterson 