“Yes, I am the vine, you are the
branches… For apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5
The
Christian Life is a life of Absolute dependence. At Hampton Court there
was a vine that sometimes bore a couple thousand cluster of grapes.
People were amazed at its productivity. Later the secret was
discovered. Not too far from Hampton Court flows the River Thames. The
vine had stretched its roots hundreds of yards under the ground until it came
to the riverbed. There, in all the nutrients of the river bottom, it
found rich nourishment and moisture. The roots drew the sap all the
distance to the branches.
The vine
had the work to do. The branches simply had to depend upon the vine and
receive what it gave.
That is
exactly what Christ desires you to understand. Christ desires that in all
your work, the very foundation should be the simple acceptance that Christ must
care for all.
As you
depend on Him He supplies your needs by sending down the Holy Spirit. Jesus
wants you to be dependent as you serve Him. Day by day, hour by hour, in
everything you do, simply abide before Him. Live in the total
helplessness of one who can do nothing.
Absolute
dependence upon God is the secret of power at work. You and I have
nothing unless we receive it from Jesus.
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