Grace for your spirit. May 22, 2012

Grace for your spirit
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. John 15:5

Jesus gives us a very simple picture from the vineyard, and applies it to our spiritual growth. The vine is the part of the plant that draws the nourishment from the earth and sends it out to the branches. If the branches are connected to the vine, they will most likely flourish. If the branch is somehow disconnected, the branch will wither and die. With the grapevine,once the branch is properly nourished, it will not only grow healthy abundant fruit, but the branches will begin to look like the vine. The analogy to the believer and Jesus is rather simple. In the kingdom, Jesus is the vine and supplies all the spiritual nourishment to His branches, that is us. When we stay connected we will bear much fruit, and at maturity we will begin to look like Jesus. Let's allow God to tend us and prune us, so we can make the journey to maturity bearing much fruit for the Lord