Too many of us, quite often myself included, are treating our relationship with God as if we "rechargeable" beings, though. Right about now, you're probably asking, "What is this guy talking about?" Allow me to expound a bit.
You see, we go to church on a Sunday morning and plug ourselves in for a while. We experience the joys of His presence in worship and praise. We get encouraged by the preaching of His word. In short, we get all charged up and ready to go to work. Then we unplug and go home. Too often, though, we expect to live off that "charge" for the rest of the week.
Jesus spoke these words in the book of John, chapter 15, verse 4:
"Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me."We need to continually abide in Him. Not just for a while on Sunday morning. Not even just for a few minutes at the start of each day. But hour-by-hour, minute-by-minute and breath-by-breath. He is our only source of power to live the life He has called us to. If we have any hope of bearing fruit in this life that will last, we need to stay plugged-in to Him all the time.
