Remain in the flow

1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away;[a] and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will[b] ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
John 15:1-8 (NKJV)

The branch, the Vine and VineDresser picture tells it all. We are blessed beyond our imagination, we flourish like the tree by the waters whose fruit comes forth at its due season and nourished always without lacking any good thing in life... All because we stay and remain connected to the Vine, the true and real source of all we have. We remain in the flow because we live a God-dependent life and remain fruitful always. An independent mindset and world view soon gets into trouble, running out of sorts and going from one plague, famine, recession, depression, suppression, emergency, etc to the other... all because a severed or disconnected branch from the Vine soon experiences the elements and ends up withering and drying up in no time. There's so much and how far that we can go all by ourselves.

We can do nothing by ourselves, but we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. Are you in the flow?

Be encouraged,

Afolabi