Today’s devotion is from John 15:1-7
‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit He taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the Word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.’
Increase is a law of God. As we allow the Holy Spirit to bring us to maturity in Him, by His Grace, we begin to see increase in our lives, even an increase in the fruit our lives produce. I want my life to be fully fruitful. I love fruit in the natural, but it reminds me of how beautifully the Lord wants our lives here on earth to be portrayed, bearing beautiful fruit – the evidence on the outside of what is really on the inside. The evidence of our abiding in Him, is ‘much fruit’.
Your abiding in Him is taking time to talk to Him, meditating on His Word, day and night. If your life is busy, take time each morning and then again, take time each evening, and meditate on His Words out of His precious Word. Stay connected with Him all day by bringing your thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ. Harness and take captive those thoughts that are not of God, focus on thoughts that are of God and that line up with His Word. Yield to His leading in what you say and what you do.
His promise to us from His Word is that as we abide in Him, we can pray and ask in Faith, and it will be done for us. Our prayers will be answered.
When you are abiding in Him, you will desire what He desires for you and your prayers will line up with His will for your life and you will see great miracles, answers to prayer and a continual flow of the Supernatural realm being manifested in and through your life. Wow what an awesome Jesus we serve.
