Only One Thing is Needed part 1

I went back and started to read some of my old notes from studies I have done over the last few years in the house of prayer and I felt that I was to post them on this blog to get them out of my journal and somewhere where they could potentially bless some people that may need to read what The Lord gave me. I figure it doesn't do you any good sitting in my journal. And I would likE to get some feedback on it as well.

A Branch in the Vine

"I am the vine and you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in Him, bears much fruit; for without me you can do nothing."
John 15:5

We are called to be vitally connected to Jesus as a branch is connected to The Vine. We can bare no lasting fruit aside from being connected to Christ. There is no other priority that is set higher than this in the life of The Christian. To neglect this for any reason is to entirely neglect The Lordship of Christ in our lives.

We are called to first be intimately connected to Jesus. This is how we obtain the position of abiding in Jesus and it is at this point and this point alone that our labors are not in vain for it is Christ in us doing the work. This is how The Lord builds the house. All work done disconnected from Christ at the heart level is all for nothing. If the work isn't done from the place of relationship with Christ it is in vain.

We connect to Christ, The Vine, The Bridegroom, by spending hours of private communion with Him. We connect to The Vine by cultivating an active living fellowship with Him. There is a reason the first commandment, as spoken by Jesus, is set in the first place.

Matthew 22:37-38
Jesus said to Him, "You shall Love The Lord Your God with all your heart, with all you soul, and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment."

If we miss this one, all else is for nothing. Our labor is in vain if we don't first seek to Love God with everything in us. This takes place when we spend actual hours with Him in prayer and devotion. When we make the choice to sit at Jesus' feet, we are choosing the one thing that will never be taken from us.

See Luke 10:38-42

More to come later!

Blessings
M@