If you
are abiding and there's little or no fruit,
I
encourage you, Friend, examine your spiritual roots.
Allow
the Holy Spirit to direct this examination,
To
reveal if there may be any worldly contamination
That may
be clogging spiritual veins and arteries;
Things
like worrying about winning some big lotteries.
Is it
worry about paying all those lingering bills?
Or
cumulative effects of all those shots 'n pills?
Such
things prevent the sap of God's Word and Grace
From
flowing, keeping you from VICTORY in life's race.
The
Spirit's fruit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
Gentleness,
self-control, faithfulness and goodness.
Against
such things there is no law to bring a charge,
Or limit
how much you do, have or pay as surcharge.
This
fruit we bear as we abide in our Vine,
Allowing
His Word our heart's desires to align.
If truth
is confirmed by 2 - 3 witnesses, so routine,
Then see
how often "abide" appears in John 15!
Since
Jesus spoke of it so boldly, as savant,
Abiding
must be something critically important.
Life's
circumstances act like a big magnifying glass,
Checking
the amount and kind of fruit we amass.
We can
lie there, being inspected and re-inspected,
Or let
this remind us that we are well CONNECTED --
Connected
to The Vine, with Grace power as an Abider,
To crush
circumstances into powdered fertilizer.
'Circumstantial
fertilizer' generously applied to your roots
Will
help you produce more and much better fruit!
But
consider how stinky fertilizer sometimes smells,
And
don't allow the stink drive you ...
...from
where your Glory dwells!
