ABIDING

As I think I’ve mentioned, I’m spending my morning times with my Abba reading through the gospel of John. This morning I was in Chapter 15, It talks about abiding. It’s actually one of my favorite passages because it talks about our Father’s love and what He can do through us if we abide in Him.  It’s also a passage that I’ve always struggled with because it says that if we abide in Him, we will bear much fruit. My problem is that I’ve never felt like I was much of a fruit bearer. I’ve always felt that I fell way short of what God wanted from me. I think that Dad spoke to me once again this morning through His Spirit to let me know that there has been more fruit than I realize. At least I hope that’s true.

You see, I don’t think we see even the tip of the iceberg as to what God accomplishes through us. That’s a good thing. It would likely create huge egos in us.  A number of years ago a gentleman contacted me through Facebook. He told me that he had been in a Bible study that I had led in college and that it had a big influence on him and his life. I could not remember him at all. I had a vague recollection of the study but not at all of him. I felt bad that I couldn’t but I shared with him how much of an encouragement that was that he made the effort to hunt me down and tell me that. My point is that God uses us in so many ways to bear fruit that we may have no idea about this side of heaven. So the next time you may be discouraged and thinking you are bearing little or no fruit remember that our God is active in your life in ways you aren’t even aware of.

An update on a previous post: God was asking me to do a hard thing. The time came for me to do it and only by His grace and the peace He gives was I able to follow through. Another burden lifted by Him and even more of a sense of freedom. Someday I hope I’ll share with you what it was all about but not today.