Seed for July 28, 2007

John 15:5
5 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.
(KJV)


Apart from me you can do nothing. If you abide in Me and I in you, you can ask what you will and it will be done for you. There is great power in abiding in the Vine. There is great source and comfort being connected to Him like a branch to the Vine. If we separate our lives from Him we are useless as a branch that has broken off a tree. It will wither and die. But if we stay connected to Him, then the Life of the Spirit flows to us and causes us to bare fruit of the Spirit. If I am not connected to Him, then there is nothing that I can say or do that will have any lasting affect. There is not a single action that I might take that would be worth mentioning. But being connected to Him gives me right to ask, and Him privilege to answer. It is our Father's delight to give us the Kingdom.

Too many Christians think they have to do this or that for God. It is not about what I do for God (religion) but what I allow the Spirit to do thru me. You see “religion” keeps you busy trying to please God, by your actions, and grace teaches you that God is already please by the offering of Jesus! One says “work hard” to please God and the other (grace) says God is already pleased. If you don't think you must do this or that to please God, suddenly you are released in the Spirit to be used of God to do His will. God does not desire sacrifice. That bears repeating, God does not desire sacrifice, but rather a body to do His will (that is you and I)!

Now what if we stopped being so busy trying to “please” a God that was already pleased, with seeing us thru the blood of Jesus, and started getting busy doing our Father's will. What if His will was done in me as it is done in heaven? What if His kingdom was to come in me, where He rules and reigns in me and does His will thru my body presented to Him for just that purpose.

It is not hard to see, Jesus wants to work in the earth, thru His body (you and I). We just get in the way, when we "try" to be holy and religious, rather than being soft, tender and willing. Be blessed.