Life as a Branch
John 15:5 "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing."
Is it just me, or can the aroma of a vineyard at harvest time be just as intoxicating as the wine it becomes? I can't inhale that fragrance and not get zapped back in time to my childhood playing in my great-grandparent's (the Bacigalupi's) vineyard. What a privlege!
For my baptism at age 12, my aunt and I sang my favorite song at the time: "You are the vine, we are the branches, keep us abiding in You." Three times this week alone, I've opened to John 15 (above) and been brought to my spiritual knees.
What kind of fruit am I bearing?
Is the scent intoxicating like the all-satisfying fruit of the Spirit? Is the fruit sweet and full of flavor? Does my life reflect the refining of the wine-press like that of a fine wine being poured out?
I've really been pondering what it means to be "grafted in". Apart from Christ, I can do nothing. I cannot drink His cup. I cannot exprience His baptism. I cannot become a servant of all. To do any of this, I must abide in Him and He in me.
Truly, my life is not my own. My purpose as a branch means nothing outside of my Precious Vine. He is my Source. My life completely depends on Him and I have no destiny apart from His.
posted by sara @ 6:05:00 PM
2 Comments:
"Life As A Branch....."
"Weed and Feed Wednesday..."
OK... You are the queen of one liners.....
its a GIFT..
so go with it.
MUCH SAID in few words.
{Lord help me!}
I guess, as you mentioned, when we have that fragrance of abiding in Him we only need to use words if necessary.
Enjoy HIS presence!
Cheers!
Clint
Did you take that shot with your new camera?
Numbers 13:17 & 23
When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he said to them, Go up there into the Negev; then go up into the hill country.
Then they came to the valley of Eshcol and from there cut down
a branch with a single cluster of grapes;
and they carried it on a pole between two men,
with some of the pomegranates and the figs.
THE LIVING CHRIST DIED ON A POLE BETWEEN TWO THIEVES SO YOU AND I COULD BRING FORTH THE FRUIT OF HIS KINGDOM.
John 15:5
"I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing.
Old truths made NEW every morning.
Great is His Faithfulness.
His Cheers
Clint
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