Abiding in Jesus. It seems so simple. Of course, if staying close to Jesus is so easy, why do we stray so far? Last week, we noted that Jesus is the Good Shepherd, the one who will lead us beside still waters. On the fifth Sunday of Easter, we see that Jesus is not only the one who cares for us, but he is the one who gives us life. Jesus says, “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” We can do nothing without Jesus, yet so many times, we try to go it alone.
I feel the challenge to stay close to Jesus. Honestly, every day, it is a challenge. The world throws so many things our way, it is easy to place our focus on the day-to-day misgivings of life, but Jesus would call us to cast aside what the world sends us and merely stay close to him.
Notes:
Ancient-Future Time, by Robert E. Webber
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