Late night last night.  Company came and stayed until midnight.  Up early. 

 

Jesus said, “I am the vine and you are the branches.”  His point is that in life you can not live without Him.  He supplies the nourishment that you need to live.  The branches produces fruit from what nourishment it receives from the vine.  Apart from the vine, the branch dies.

 

While Jesus is talking about a relationship with Him, it is true with any relationship.  If there is no nourishment, no communication, no investment, the relationship dies.  As the branch must abide in Christ to live, any relationship must have a commitment.  For there to be growth, in Christ, there will be growth and fruit.  Same is true in any relationship, there must be growth, there must be fruit.  No growth, no fruit, according to Jesus, no relationship.

 

Look at your relationships today.  Ponder.  The first relationship that must be is that one with Christ.  It is life.  Look at your other relationships.  Ask, is there fruit?  If not, why?  If not, is that relationship getting nourishment?  Why not?   Do you truly need that relationship or do you need to start properly nourishing it?

 

Thought for the day.