"I am the Vine,
ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same beareth much
fruit: for apart from Me ye can do nothing."-- Joh_15:5.
So many would
instantly argue that we can do everything apart from Jesus, that they don't
even believe in Him and yet they do whatever they please. It's true, I couldn't dispute their being
alive and functioning, how could I?
The truth is, except
a man abide in Christ every single thing they do means nothing. You can do all
you like but apart from the Savior it's meaningless.
Again the outcry
comes- how dare I call someone's life meaningless just because they don't
believe in the Savior and abide in Him.
It's true though.
Let's look at this
for a moment. What gives our lives meaning?
As a whole of humanity what gives our lives meaning? How can the baby
born into extreme poverty, living on the street as a toddler, barely surviving,
growing up into a horrendous life of pain and tragedy find meaning in their
life outside of the agony on so many levels? A person who has a nice life who
isn't born into tragedy can find meaning in doing good and such, but the person
who has very little good in their life, and I mean that sincerely, can find
very little meaning to their life outside of pain. So understanding the two extremes of life
just by being born, what gives meaning, real meaning to both? It isn't things,
it isn't material possessions, it isn't anything money can buy. It could be the
tiny things, it could be other people who make life bearable. Ultimately in a
life where you cannot get out from under the tortured life, where can you find
hope? Not in the world you are living in, not in the life you've been forced to
survive in. Can you still choose not to believe in God if you are born to such
tragedy? Yes. Some would say it's easier not to believe when you are born into
such horrific straits. Yet others would say you have more reason to believe
because you need to hope in something better than this awful world.
Without our Savior
it truly is all meaningless.
It is our Savior who
gives us meaning. Living in our Savior gives us the hope of ETERNAL LIFE, hope
of the life with NO PAIN! This is the
life we are meant to have, the life offered to us THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, and no
other.
If we do not abide
in Christ we are the living dead. You can call me crazy that is your right. You
don't have to believe, that is also your right.
"I am the Vine,
ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same beareth much
fruit: for apart from Me ye can do nothing."-- Joh_15:5.
Without our Savior
all the things we do truly are meaningless.
The breath of life
given to us all by God makes us God's. We choose whether or not we remain
God's. If we remain God's we will have life eternal. We are the branch abiding
in the Vine. We are living branches in
the living vine. If we decide that we don't want any part of the Vine,
eventually we will die off.
Please, Father,
please let us LIVE in You and bear the fruit that YOU will have us bear, all
through YOU because You are the VINE, You give us life and You give it
abundantly. No matter what our existence is here and now, please BLESS us to be
YOURS in whatever circumstances we find ourselves, please, Father, please, keep
us in YOU no matter what! Please!
All in the name of
our Savior, Your Son, Jesus Christ our LORD!
Amen!
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