IN the VINE

Good morning and praise the Lord for this glorius day. May you be richly blessed tthrough out this day. Lets take another look at being in the vine.To be secure in the vine takes a great deal of comittment from the born again believer. For you and I as the child of God it boils down to the place of absolute surrender to the will and purpose of God for our lives.
Absolute surrender means sold out to the WORD. Our lives are on a journey here on this earth and we will face the world and all its traps and snares everyday of this journey. But as a child of God the snares are not able to trap us. Psa.91:3 promises us that God our Father will deliver us from the snare of the fowler here theses blessed WORDS from Gods Holy Book"Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,and from the noisome pestilence. Let me just give you this thought about this verse the snare is the trap that catches someone and the noisome pestilence is the fears that come from being trapped in that snare. If we dont know the power of the risen Christ with in us those traps and fears will rob us of the life offered to us by being attached to the vine. Who is the WORD it is Jesus the living word.In John 1:1 it says "IN the begining was the word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The vine is the living Word Jesus.
To surrender to the word is surrendering to God for God and the Word are one. According to John15:3 We are made clean by the word which Jesus has spoken to us which is the written word. How can we remain clean and fresh if we never become attached to the word that produces that cleansing revelation in us. You and I are the blessed of the Lord and we are called by Him to declare the truth of his life giving message. To me abiding in the vine means we must live in the WORD and let our lives shine with the light from it. Remember we are the only picture the world sees of our Lord and Saviour. God loves us and is reaching out to us everday so that we can grasp the full life of Christ with in us. Have a Blessed and Healthy Day in Jesus Name: From Pastor Ken.