Fruit of the Vine

 

Sometimes I am but a small seed. The Lord is the Vine and I am connected by a branch. And by a fruit connected to that branch. A tiny seed within that fruit. I, myself, am not all in all or ALL FOR ALL. I can do but a part. And sometimes it’s a small seed part. Put in a certain place at a certain time for a certain thing but not for all things. There are other seeds too with God purpose. And still some are the skin of the fruit. Others flesh of the fruit. Still others the stem keeping us connected to the Vine. The seeds will eventually produce more fruit; that flavorful flesh and juice. All connected as in sweet communion - community - we can avail much. But ultimately it is the Lord ordering our place, our purpose, and our progress. Some days you may feel like the one holding fruit and Vine connected. Other times you may feel like a tiny seed. Remember what Jesus said about the mustard seed. And its power. Even tiny seeds have awesome strength when they remain connected to the Source. So it’s okay to be a tiny seed. To do your small part. Other seeds, flesh, skin and stem of the fruit have their small part to play as well. All working in harmony according to God’s finely tuned plan. So you be you. Let them be them. Let God be Lord over us all. 

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in Me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5)

“It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became like a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.” (Luke 13:19)

“If your faith were only the size of a mustard seed,” Jesus answered, “it would be large enough to uproot that mulberry tree over there and send it hurling into the sea.” (Luke 17:6 TLB)

Just as there are many parts to our bodies, so it is with Christ’s body. We are all parts of it, and it takes every one of us to make it complete, for we each have different work to do. So we belong to each other, and each needs all the others. (Romans 12:5 TLB)