The Essential Task - Part 30

Reading  John 15:4 & 5 again,  "Abide in Me, and I in you,  As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, no more can you, except you abide in Me.  I am the Vine, you are the branches.  He that abides in Me, an I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without Me you can do nothing.

So what is the real purpose and task of the branch?  More times than not, most people will suggest bearing fruit and abiding.  Regarding bearing fruit, we tend to think about the end result and the production of fruit.  We are so anxious for end results.  Few people are naturally patient.  Do you know many patient people?  I've ye to meet a person who was naturally patient by birth. Genuine human patience is the result of the Lord Jesu coming into the human heart.  People can endure things, but to be naturally patient and wait on the Lord is something else!

Most people want to get in and do things for ourselves, whatever the situation may be; we are not willing to wait for the Lord.  The problem that comes with being a branch and bearing fruit, so far as the end result is concerned, is that you can't do anything about it; all you can do is stay hooked to the Vine. What can you do about bearing fruit?  Can you get more leaves?  Can You produce fruit on your own?  Is there something else you can do?  Nothing!  You only have one task: Abide!

Abiding, putting yourself into God's Vine, is something you can do, You can also move into the driver's seat and take yourself out of God's Vine any time you want to, and God won't put up any fuss about it.  He doesn't object, He just moves over and lets you see what happens.  So you can take yourself out of the Vine anytime you want to, and many of us have been in and out hundreds of times.

Have you been in the driver's seat, some of us have been there for many years and it's time to let God have control of the wheel.  I want to be connected to the Vine, don't you?  Every time I decide to drive I go in the ditch and sometimes it is really hard to get out of the ditch, we can't on our own, we have to turn to Christ and tell Him we are so sorry that we wanted to take over the driving and ask Him to take over again.  It's just that simple, but it doesn't seem simple and some ditches are bigger than others and have a real impact on our character, that's why it is so important for us to let God do the driving and we will arrive at our destination safe and sound, which is the heavenly kingdom.  I hope to see all my blogging friends and all others too and family safe and sound in God's eternal home.
Grandma Joan