“I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abitheth in me,
and I in him the same bringeth forth much fruit for without me ye can do
nothing.” (John 15:5)
Heavenly Father then would be the root, Christ is the vine, his
apostles are the branches and I am just a little twig on one of the branches,
but I’m growing. Sometimes we get stunted in our growth for one reason or the
other. The problem with most analogies is that they are not true comparisons
and this is no exception. If a branch or a twig gets stunted, broken off, too
much shade, or so on the twig has no recourse. We on the other hand can choose
to accept the gospel or to wander in unclean places.It reminds me of the twelve step program that says we are powerless over our addictions and that only a higher power can help us overcome them.
I think of a recent talk I heard that asked the
question, are we acting on or being acted upon. It went into a lot of human
nature things that affect marketing. Why we buy the things we do and why we do
the things we do (our self defeating behavior.) Our
speaker Joseph Grenny who has written a motivational book called “You Can
Change Anything” says we can only control our behavior by “taking control of
the things that control us.” Which goes back to which power are we looking to for help?
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