Called To Love / Day 7

Called To Love

Day 7 of 21 Remain in the Vine - Rest & depend on Him Jesus is the true vine, we are the branches, and the Father is the gardener. The branch by itself cannot bear fruit. We do not have to strive and try to produce fruit in our own strength. All we have to do is remain attached to the vine, Jesus, drawing all the nourishment and supply from Him. When we stay connected, drawing from the vine, fruit is an automatic byproduct. We are merely fruit hangers! Sometimes we strive to do things that are not meant for us to do and get burnt out and tired. But all we need to do is rest and draw from the vine. If you think you can do it without drawing from Him, you are mistaken. Verse 5 says- without me you can do nothing. Why strive and fail unnecessarily? Make a decision to remain in Him, drawing all that you need from Him, and allow the fruit to come in due time. All you need to do is remain in Him and not detach. And sometimes the gardener prunes you. It may hurt but it is for the best of you to come out. He knows your capacity and potential. When you remain in Him, surrendered to His Word, verse 7 teaches that you can ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you! When you are in Him and in His Word, you will only ask according to His desires, which become your desires. He is more than happy to do it for you. God wants to fill us with His joy as you rest in His love and depend on Him. Prayer - • Teach me what it means to depend completely on you, Jesus, drawing from and resting in you • Fill me with your joy as I lean on you daily • Help me endure and understand your pruning so that I can be bettered by your loving care Thanksgiving - • Thank you, God, for producing fruit in me in due time • Thank you for bringing out the best in me, better than I could have in my own strength John 15:1-11 John 15:1-11 NKJV 1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.  2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.  3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.  4Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.  6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.  7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.  8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. Love and Joy Perfected 9 “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. 11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.