Our Tree For Life!
"I am the true vine….
I am the vine,
you are the branches."
John 15: 1, 5
The so-called “Tree of Life” is as dead as a rock.
It’s still impressive to see in the middle of Disney
World’s Animal Kingdom. It towers up 145 feet.
More than 300 animals are carved in its trunk.
It’s patterned after a baobab tree, with more than
8,000 branches
and 102,000 artificial leaves. Yet
no roots pull nutrients from the soil, and no fruit
grows on its limbs.
Jesus Christ is alive, and in His John 15 metaphor,
we are living branches connected to Him. The “sap”
of the Holy Spirit flows from His life to ours, and
as
we abide with Him in unbroken fellowship, we will
bear fruit.
Jesus is the source of life. Few people may
be like impressive trees towering over us.
They may seem to do all the right things,
but in reality they're
not connected to Him.
They are as dead as Disney’s famous tree.
Abide in Him daily in consistent fellowship
in His Word, and you’ll find Him as the
center and source of life today.
"We need Jesus like we need oxygen.
Like we need water. Like the branch
needs the vine."
John Eldredge
