You will live!

You will live! 

                                                                                                      Good Morning Holy Spirit - Daily Devotion

Good Morning Friend, recent days we have been challenged to live a life. Is it not true? Life has become so uncertain and now the basic desire of every human being is just to live a life. 

Many a times, I used to wonder why God is inspiring more on pruning than about blessing. We are so habituated and get excited about the blessing and not the pruning. Is pruning important for a blessing?

For example, if we plant an apple, banana or any other fruit bearing tree, the ultimate desire for us is to see the fruit from it. Does it bear fruit immediately to us?  We water, manure, nurture, weed so that it will grow in strength and bear us the fruit.

Similar way, it is the God's heart for us. He wants us to live and bear fruit. In Luke 10 : 25 , an expert who wants to test Jesus, asked what i should do to inherit the eternal life? We will see how Jesus responded.

26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” 

27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.” 

28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”

It is absolutely no doubt that we all love Jesus. Yesterday, we meditated about the importance of Obedience and how Jesus responded of loving Him. John 14:23,  "Jesus replied, 'Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching..."

So loving the lord goes along with obeying what He has taught us through Scriptures. The areas which need obedience according to God's word can just not be done with a saying 'yes i need to change' rather with all our heart, soul, strength and mind should make conscious effort to obey His teaching when we say we love Him.

As we desire even our apple or banana tree to bear fruit, Our heavenly Father desires us to live and bear the fruits of the spirit - Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self-Control. (Galatians 5: 22,23)

If we lack in bearing the above fruits, then we need to water (Seek Holy spirit help), manure (Feed with God's word) and weed (weed out the act of disobedience - change from pride, hatred, impatient, quarreling & fighting spirit, not being kind with others, unfaithfulness, etc..) in-order to bear the fruits in our lives.

Have a blessed day! 😇

In Christ Alone

Justina Stephen