And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
I just read this and laughed because I always get annoyed when preachers preach-pray. You know what I mean, where they close their sermon by “praying” but they really just reiterate the points of their sermon: “Lord, thank you so much that you teach us to do point A, B, and C.”
But then I noticed Jesus did it, too. I guess the difference here is that He calls Himself out. He actually say, “I know this already but I’m saying it for the crowd.” That makes it way better. See, even when Jesus does annoying stuff, He does it in a cool way.
I am SO telling Jesus you called him annoying.
That has always annoyed me too.