For this morning's Lectio Divina we had the passage from the gospel of John... the one about vine and the branches. The one that struck me most this morning, for the first time ever, was the following:
Another caution: Being fruitful, not as in being successful. The grape is fruitful not by 'doing' some things but by 'being' useful. My fruitfulness, which is a consequence of being connected to the Lord, is of being useful and meaningful to others.
My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples (Jn 15: 8).That means, to become a disciple it is not enough merely to be with the Lord. One of the earlier verses states
Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away... (Jn 15: 2)This means that there are branches which do not bear fruit and are not yet cut... they may eventually be cut, but for now there are. Not all the branches yield, or yield abundantly. So to be a disciple one has to not only be connected, in touch with the Lord, but also be fruitful.
Another caution: Being fruitful, not as in being successful. The grape is fruitful not by 'doing' some things but by 'being' useful. My fruitfulness, which is a consequence of being connected to the Lord, is of being useful and meaningful to others.
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