DECEMBER 18 JESUS, THE SOURCE OF LIFE By Kris Stout Word of Life, Executive Vice President of International and Local Church Ministries
John 15:5 One year, I purchased a pre-cut Christmas tree way too early, and then failed to water it. As time went on it dried up, until on Christmas Eve the dog ran into it, and it sounded like a rainfall of needles. I had to throw it out and borrow a fake tree from a neighbor that night!
Every fresh cut tree is destined to eventually shrivel up and completely die. Why is that? Because it has been cut off from the root, the source of life. Jesus reminds us of this same thing in John 15:5 .
When we are connected to Jesus, we enjoy tremendous fruit-bearing power. The power that is His is ours, simply because we are abiding in Him. But when we cut ourselves off from Him, when we fail to spend time with Him daily, to pray without ceasing, to read His Word, we cut ourselves off from the very source of life and will eventually shrivel up and die. Apart from Him we can do NOTHING. If you were to be completely honest, are you trying today to just keep up appearances? Are you decorating the tree of your life on the outside, but withering away on the inside? Maybe this season needs to be one where you reconnect with Christ in a fresh new way and enjoy the daily limitless power that can be yours.
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