HOW TO GLORIFY GOD Tuesday December
22, 2015
Text: John 15:1 – 8 Memory verse: v
8
The
grapevine is a prolific plant; it spreads and a single vine bears many grapes.
In the Old Testament, grapes symbolized Israel’s fruitfulness in doing God’s
work on earth (Isaiah 5:1 – 7). The prophets had written of Israel as God’s
vine, carefully planted and cared for. The new Israel of God (Christians) originates
from Christ and is united to Him as branches to a vine. God is the gardener,
the cultivator of the vine and the branches. Believers, both sincere and false,
are pictured here as the branches.
The
fruitful branches are true believers who, by their living union with Christ,
produce much fruit. This is what glorifies God (15:8) and that is how we can
glorify God. However, this union can be broken. The Father cuts off every
branch that doesn’t produce fruit. A vine that produces much fruit glorifies
God, for daily He sends sunshine and rain to make the crops grow, and He
constantly nurtures each plant and prepares it to blossom. This farming analogy
shows how God is glorified when we come into a right relationship with Him and
begin to “bear much fruit” in our
lives. Do you glorify God by bearing fruit for His kingdom?
Food for Thought: Are you a fruitful or unfruitful branch?
Prayer: Lord, make me a fruitful branch that will glorify you in Jesus name..
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