John 15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
Apart from ME (Jesus, The vine, the source, the ransom for my sins, the lover of my soul) I can do nothing.
As I have been thinking about what it means to abide, yesterday I was driving and a question I am still pondering on today popped into my mind.
"Is Jesus my greatest obsession?" Do I think about him all the time. Do I desire to spend time with Him. Do I make it my business to make Him the first person I talk to in the morning and the last one before I go to bed.
You know like our "first love." I remember being "in love" and wanting to spend every minute with my boyfriend. I remember when I first took notice of my husband. I would put myself in places to cross his path. He worked at a Food Lion 20 mins from where I lived. On the nights I knew he was working I would drive to Garner to get a 6-pack of coca-cola. It did not matter if he ever said a word to me. I would get all pretty and made sure he saw me. I wanted to see him and have him see me. People would call that obsession or as he says "You stalked me".
Do I have that same affection for Jesus? Do I rearrange my schedule & go out of the way to abide in Him.
I want my life to be filled with a obsession for Jesus. I want everything that I do to flow out of a obsession of Christ being my Lord and Savior. I want Him to be my one desire!
"One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple." Ps 27:4
Jesus today I pray that I seek you. I pray that I abide in you. I pray that all of my steps are ordered by you. I pray that everything I do, everything I say, & everywhere I go is from a place abiding. Lord I have been so detracted by temporary pleasure. Lord forgive me because I have a placed my affections and desires into things that will not last in eternity. Lord forgive me because my heart has been filled with worldly desires & selfishness. I turn to you today Lord. I set my gaze on a greater pleasure. I set my gaze on the GREATER PLEASURE! YOU!!!
