Attached to Jesus

“Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me.” —John 15:4

Each spring, the azalea bushes in front of my house blaze with pink, red, and white blossoms. Even with regular trimming, the bushes stand much taller than my family.

One year my young son broke off a large blossoming branch. Dismayed, he tried several times to reattach it. “It won’t grow separated from the bush,” I told him. “That branch will die.”

In John 15, Jesus calls Himself “the vine” that believers must remain attached to for growth and nourishment. Like the branch my four-year- old snapped off, we cannot grow and bear fruit if we’re not firmly attached to Christ. We must “remain” in Him by keeping His commandments. Standing on this side of the gospel story, we can hold the entirety of His commands in our hands. The Bible has what we need to remain attached to Jesus. We can’t grow and flourish in fruitfulness apart from His words and the help of the Spirit.

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“When You’re Spiritually Dry, Stay Attached to the Vine” (ReviveOurHearts.com/blog)

Scripture taken from The CSB