FAITH CAPSULE: Abiding in Him is what delivers unto us our desires.
John 15
It is written, “Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:31-32) Is it your desire to abide in Him?
Make the word of God a daily bread by looking and searching for the word as one that is hungry. Look and search for the word through the pages of bible, constantly listening to channels of word of God. What we search for is what we keep. If we search for the word as for hidden treasures we shall understand and know to live and abide in Him. Jeremiah search and found the word. He ate it and the word was to him the joy and the rejoicing of his heart. (Jeremiah 15:16)
Engage reading and praying the word of God. Use the word as a source of inspiration and source of prayer. (Ephesians 6: 17-18) Do not live a day without praying and reading the word. Allow His word in your life daily and engage speaking to others daily. The more one speaks of Him, the deeper one moves into God.
Meditate the word of God day and night. (Joshua 1:8) There is difference in meditation and memorizing. When you memorize it stays in your head; when you meditate it stays in your heart. The bible makes us to realize that out of the abundance of heart the mouth speaks (Matthew 12:34)
Importance of Abiding:
Jesus is the vine we are the branch. Abiding in Him is what delivers unto us our desires and not abiding in Him is what makes man an outcast from God. Without any interpretation of the word, it is clear in John 15:5-8, “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.” By His grace, desire and strive to be a believer (disciple of Jesus) indeed and the truth and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make (create) you to become free.
Christianity is not a religion it is a relationship. Engage Christ to abide and be free indeed and in truth. Take to a spiritual responsibility in the light of God’s word and be free indeed and in truth.
Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to live life fully for His glory.