John 15:5
He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit
The word "abide," means "to stay in a given place, to maintain unbroken fellowship and communion with another."
As earlier posted, the ANTC gave us a lot of time to reflect on John 15 and allow the Lord to minister to us individually. Personally, it was really physically tiring despite the fact I wasn’t a camper, but every day I somehow found the strength and mental alertness.
In the simple honesty of the word of God, I was challenged to bear much fruit. Not bear some fruit, but much. If you love durians like me and have seen a real durian tree in season, you get really excited to see a tree that is bursting with so many huge, spiky durians. I’ve even witnessed many clusters of durians growing in low level branches that are shorter than my height. What a treat it will be for the owner of the tree when all the fruits are ripe and ready to be sold.
It’s a simple promise. Remain in constant fellowship with God and we will bear much fruit. Much fruit! However, the challenge is always to be single minded and faithful to abide in God. Honestly, it isn’t a very challenging thing to remain, but somehow it’s just so easy to be distracted and unfaithful. No thanks to this corruptible sinful nature in us. However, enough with all the pathetic excuses, with God’s help, nothing is impossible.
M.
"How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings." (Pslam 36:7)
