Tag: vine and the branches

I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without me. (John 15:5)

There’s a song I’ve been listening to of late based on this chapter.

It says,

I’ll be the branch.
You be the vine. — Mark Gersmehl

I’m reflecting on that today.

“I’ll be the branch. You be the vine.”

What does that mean?

I think it means, “You be the Lord. I’ll just be me, fully trusting and following you.

As Peter once told Jesus, “Yours are the words that bring life.” (John 6:68)

So I let his words remain in me. I no longer fight them or argue with them.

Instead, I let them wash and transform me, knowing that as I do, I’ll see even more clearly just how good and life-giving those words are, and how much my Father truly loves me.

And filled with his love, I will bear much fruit.

I don’t know about you, but I long to know more and more every day the joy that comes with being the branch and letting Jesus be the vine.

I feel so free
When you are my Lord,
And I am just me. — Mark Gersmehl