I need to abide in Jesus!

It’s often tempting for me to think that if I better myself I will bear much fruit. If I just _______ and a million other things then I’ll bear much fruit and God will be able to use me. But that’s not what God’s Word says.

Jesus tells us that if we abide in Him we will bear much fruit. Jesus tells us that apart from Him we can do nothing. Zip. Zero. Nada.

Yet, often I get that backwards or flat out don’t believe that truth.

Don’t get me wrong. I realize that we need to be faithful and work hard. I get that.

But, left to my own devices I can’t do it. Not at all. I NEED THE LORD! But sadly I often forget that. A lot of times I work in my own strength.

Yet God is the one that calls the stars by name. He holds the great fireball in the sky that we call the sun. He has more strength than me. It is the height of stupidity for me to try to serve the Lord in my own strength and to bear fruit of myself.

Good Father, help me to abide in Jesus and so bear much fruit. O’ Spirit, our great helper, please come. I need You.