Abiding with Jesus. Abiding in Jesus.

[Jesus] asked them, “What are you looking for?”

They said to him, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”

“Come and you’ll see,” he replied. So they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. (John 1:38-39)

Remain (same word translated as “stay” in John 1:38-39) in me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. (John 15:4)

Jesus, the very first question Andrew and John(?) asked was, “Where are you staying?” You welcomed them and they stayed the whole day with you.

Lord, I want to be where you are. I want to stay with you. To remain in you. To abide in you. Because from your fullness, I receive grace upon grace. Not from your emptiness. Not from your half-tank. But from your fullness.

Fill me with your grace. Fill me with your strength. Fill me with your wisdom. And let me bear fruit for you today. In your name I pray, amen.