Good Morning!! When we come to Jesus, and find our rest in Him, our heavy souls are lifted. I think the real challenge is getting to
that point. It's so easy and natural to place our hope in so many other
things and places. We often don't even notice we are abiding in other
things,...until those things fail us. In
those moments of personal revelation, we have a choice: will we
choose to abide in Christ? Or will we become angry and embittered by the
failure of things that were never designed to meet those core needs in
the first place?
"Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me."—John 15:4 (NIV)
When our spouse doesn’t love us the way we thought our spouse was going to love us, and we are disappointed in the lack of love we find there, what do we do? We leave it to Jesus, we abide and we rest in His love! We find our needs met there, regardless of what our spouse does. When children start to go off the wall, running in every direction except the one we're pointing them toward, what do we do? We trust in Jesus' love, we rest there. When parents are turning up the screws and they just don’t get it, what do we do? We rest in Jesus’ love! We abide there, moment by moment, day by day. The list could go on and on,...because it's not just people that fail us, it's money, jobs, our health, etc. etc. etc. But the pattern remains the same,...only Jesus is true and lasting.
"Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me."—John 15:4 (NIV)
When our spouse doesn’t love us the way we thought our spouse was going to love us, and we are disappointed in the lack of love we find there, what do we do? We leave it to Jesus, we abide and we rest in His love! We find our needs met there, regardless of what our spouse does. When children start to go off the wall, running in every direction except the one we're pointing them toward, what do we do? We trust in Jesus' love, we rest there. When parents are turning up the screws and they just don’t get it, what do we do? We rest in Jesus’ love! We abide there, moment by moment, day by day. The list could go on and on,...because it's not just people that fail us, it's money, jobs, our health, etc. etc. etc. But the pattern remains the same,...only Jesus is true and lasting.
Anytime we face difficulty we have the choice to either
become embittered or to embrace our relationship with Christ and remain
in Him and His love to bring peace to our souls.
Jesus, You are the true vine. Give us the wisdom to quickly see when we're trusting in anything other than You. Give us the willingness to
readjust our focus quickly away from the things that are doomed to fail us. By faith
and the truth of Your Word, draw us into an intimate personal
relationship with You,...so that we can find rest and peace for our
souls. Lord help us today. Amen.
" The Lord loves a cheerful giver,...until he brags about it."
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