Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except in abide in the vine, no more can ye,except ye abide in me.
My Husband, decided He wanted to let the raspberry vines grow,so that He could have a patch of them. He is very happy to have the berries. The berries would not have happen if it was not for the vines. As you can see, the vines have just exploded and are more than I would have thought possible. The vines did exactly what He wanted them to do, produce berries. Unfortunately , it was hard to get to them because of the weeds that were also growing so well too. That and the mosquito's that would attack.
In John 15:4, we are reminded that to be a victorious Christian we need to be connected to Jesus just as the berries are connected to the vine. But as I sat this morning looking down at my husband berry patch, I also was reminded that we need to let the Lord prune our spiritual relationship also. Is there things in our life's that draw us away from Him? Things we have more time to do and less time to spend with him? This can cause spiritual weeds, thus stealing our joy.John has decided that he wants to do some pruning and eliminate weeds and line the plants up in rows. Spiritual pruning is a good thing. The Lord wants a vessel that will bring much fruit.
Those mesquites made it very difficult to pick the berries. We had to find some protection that would enable us to pick the fruit. As Christians, we want to go to the word of God, become familiar with it so that we can defeat the snare of the devil. Ephesian 6:11 tells us to put on the armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Don't let Satan steal your joy!
