Monday, 5 September 2016

Devotional 5/9/16 - Jesus is the true vine

06:30 Posted by Matthew Beaney No comments
John 15:1 ‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
Jesus uses the analogy of a grape vine. It speaks of how one, when connected to Him, can thrive and be fruitful.
There are many things that claim to be a ‘vine’; false things that claim to give us life, fruitfulness and joy. Too often we give our time and passion to things that, in the end, do not cause us to flourish.
Jesus claims not just a vine or the vine; He is the ‘true’ vine. Jesus is drawing on Old Testament history where God’s people were likened to an unfruitful vine (Isaiah 5:2 for example); now Jesus has come to make God’s people fruitful like never before as they are united with Him in salvation and empowered by the Spirit.
Let’s hear God’s urging to make Jesus central in our lives.
To meditate/pray upon
John 15:1 ‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
Galatians 5:22-13 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
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