God's Planned Hour

John 13:1-4   
1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. 2 And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him, 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God, 4 rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself.

God had the plan in place before Jesus stepped into the world, and so the Son knew exactly when it was time to leave it to return to Father God. He loved those who were His fully, the enemy made desperate plans to vainly stop Jesus, and Jesus then demonstrated serving to those called out to Himself.  God determined in advance all these things, calling some to Himself while knowing the gates of hell could not overcome His called out ones - the church. So we must continue to follow and serve as He demonstrated, knowing His call.