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Abiding

John 15:4 - Abide in me, and I in you.

 

When the great missionary J. Hudson Taylor was badly overworked and worried, he read a letter from a friend who had discovered the secret of abiding in Christ. The letter deeply moved Taylor, and he realized that his oneness with Christ should produce joy and fulfillment, not worry and stress.

Soon thereafter, Taylor wrote his sister, saying, “As to work, mine was never so plentiful or so difficult; but the weight and the strain are now gone. The last month has been perhaps the happiest in my life; and I long to tell you a little of what the Lord has done for my soul….I looked to Jesus and saw that He had said, ‘I will never leave you.’ Ah, there is the rest. For has He not promised to abide with me? As I thought of the Vine and the branches, what light the blessed Spirit poured into my soul!” 

Are you abiding in Christ? You are if you have come to Him in simple faith, taking Him at His Word, trusting in His promises of forgiveness and blessing, and seeking to live a life of daily obedience. “Abide in Me,” said Jesus, “and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself…neither can you, unless you abide in Me” (John 15:4).

From – “Holy Moments in the Presence of God” by David Jeremiah