Abide in Him

"By this we know that we are in Him: the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked." I John 2:5-6

How do we know that we are in Jesus? If we walk the same as He walked. How do we walk in the same way? By abiding in Him. John 15: 1-5 says "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing."

How do you abide? As the branch of a fruit tree gets its nurishment from the trunk of the tree, so must we get our nurishment from Jesus. The branch sucks the juice it needs for life from the tree itself. We must do the same with our Savior. Drink deep from God's Word. Get your life from it. As you do that, you will walk as Jesus did and you will be known as one that abides in Christ.

I need thee every hour, most gracious Lord;
No tender voice like thine can peace afford.

I need thee every hour; stay thou nearby;
Temptations lose their power when thou art nigh.

I need thee every hour, in joy or pain;
Come quickly and abide, or life is vain.

I need thee every hour; teach me thy will;
And thy rich promises in me fulfill.

I need thee, O I need thee; every hour I need thee;
O bless me now, my Savior, I come to thee.

Annie Hawks