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While I’m primarily a summer girl, one thing I love about fall is the beauty of nature. As the leaves on trees fade into burnt oranges and festive yellows, I’m reminded of a lifelong principle: These trees are beautiful because they embrace change. They remain where they are. They don’t try to fight it. And they remain planted in the soil—through thick and thin—spring blooms, winter’s barrenness, and fall’s deconstruction, included.
My question for you is similar: In seasons of joy and sorrow, rainbows and storm clouds, summer and winter, do you abide? And not just do you abide, but how and in whom do you abide?
In John 15, Jesus says these words: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me, you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples” (John 15:1-8, NIV).
It’s a lengthy passage, but in it, I believe we learn three things about abiding in Christ: Listening to pause, hear, and respond.