Some of the most incredible scenes and
people in the world are those who can use the land God gave and grow anything
and everything on it. Through the years
I have taken notice of some of these type places.
Some people have small gardens. I’ve seen them in planters on apartment balconies. I’ve seen then in small portions of city
backyards, but I have also driven across vast fields that seem to never end
with corn or anyone of a number of crops.
One of my favorite places where I have
watched or seen things grow is a vineyard.
I walked through a friends backyard where he had several grapevines. This friend was dying with cancer, but the
care he had taken of these vines was incredible. Then and in to the future John 15 has come to
life when I saw such vineyards.
A few years ago I read part of Margaret
Feinberg’s book Scouting the Divine,
and the secrets or insights from various places were incredible. One of those places was a vineyard. That and the vines I had visited made this
following Scripture come alive.
John 15:1-8 NLT
I
am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch of mine that
doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they
will produce even more. 3 You have already been pruned and purified
by the message I have given you. 4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you.
For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you
cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. 5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the
branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For
apart from me you can do nothing. 6 Anyone who does not remain in me is
thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into
a pile to be burned. 7 But if you remain in me and my words
remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! 8 When you produce much fruit, you are my
true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.
In the verses we have just read we
learn about our relationship with God and how it relates to the vinedresser,
his vines and the fruit that will or is growing on them.
God desires for us to grow, and He
provides all that we need. Abide in
God. Spend time with God and allow your
growth to come alive and be or what God made them to be. Fruit is coming. Fruit should be overflowing from our
lives. Let it grow. Let God make more fruit a reality.
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