I stood outside of Crossroads last night with the door propped open listening to our team practice for the Night of Worship on November 3rd. I was working on a Christmas prop.
I was attempting to spray paint a skinny branch from a tree. The weather man is predicting 50 mile an hour wind today and it was beginning to pick up last night.
As I tried over and over again to spray paint the tiny little fingers of this branch in the dim light of our parking lot pole lights, I watched tons of over spray drift off into the night. Wasted paint and little to show for my efforts!
It reminded me for some reason (maybe the Lord speaking to me), about how many wasted words and wasted time come out of me daily - blowing away in the wind.
How God tolerates such waste is beyond me - but, I am oh so thankful that His mercy is new each day.
My hearts desire is that my words and my work be Kingdom words and work, or nurturing words. Kingdom work does not only pertain to those in ministry of course, each of you, wherever God has placed you have Kingdom work to accomplish today...join me please.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Saturday, July 18, 2009
the vine
"Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in Me."
Again, another verse that I have read a hundred times before today. But, today I really saw it a whole new way, almost as if I was reading it for the first time.
Bob Kilpatrick reminds us that, "branches do not visit the vine when they need sustenance. They do not come and go. They stay. They are attached. If they detach they die."
We need to constantly be with Jesus to stay connected to Him. This is the only way that we can receive everything that comes from God to create Holiness in us. It is much more about who we are in Christ, than what we do in our busyness. What we do "for" Him... He made it crystal clear when He spoke with Mary and Martha. He was trying to teach and visit with them but Martha couldn't be bothered to just sit and listen. Martha was a doer and really thought she was doing the right thing. It was, however, the complete opposite of what Jesus wanted her to be doing in that moment. He just says to abide.
Doesn't sound that difficult...we are the branches and He is the vine...amazing!
Again, another verse that I have read a hundred times before today. But, today I really saw it a whole new way, almost as if I was reading it for the first time.
Bob Kilpatrick reminds us that, "branches do not visit the vine when they need sustenance. They do not come and go. They stay. They are attached. If they detach they die."
We need to constantly be with Jesus to stay connected to Him. This is the only way that we can receive everything that comes from God to create Holiness in us. It is much more about who we are in Christ, than what we do in our busyness. What we do "for" Him... He made it crystal clear when He spoke with Mary and Martha. He was trying to teach and visit with them but Martha couldn't be bothered to just sit and listen. Martha was a doer and really thought she was doing the right thing. It was, however, the complete opposite of what Jesus wanted her to be doing in that moment. He just says to abide.
Doesn't sound that difficult...we are the branches and He is the vine...amazing!
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