Jesus spoke in John chapter 15:
1 “I am a true sprouting vine, and the farmer who tends the vine is My Father. 2 He cares for the branches connected to Me by lifting and propping up the fruitless branches and pruning every fruitful branch to yield a greater harvest. 3 The Words I have spoken over you have already cleansed you. 4 So you must remain in life-union with Me, for I remain in life-union with you. For as a branch severed from the vine will not bear fruit, so your life will be fruitless unless you live your life intimately joined to Mine.”
We can do nothing without Jesus being joined to us. Without Him, we are fruitless and will be pruned away and removed. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.
We are called to be active and fruitful in our everyday walk. The adversary will use rejection hoping to thwart our fruitfulness but we must not be moved by his devices. Let us exalt Jesus in our daily walk and give Him credit for all the good fruit we produce. As we do, we should expect greater fruit in all areas.
Jesus explained this as He continued:
5 “I am the sprouting vine and you’re My branches. As you live in union with Me as your Source, fruitfulness will stream from within you—but when you live separated from Me you are powerless. 6 If a person is separated from Me, he is discarded; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire to be burned. 7 But if you live in life-union with Me and if My Words live powerfully within you—then you can ask whatever you desire and it will be done. 8 When your lives bear abundant fruit, you demonstrate that you are My mature disciples who glorify My Father!
Jesus defines maturity IN HIM- abundant fruit from being in union with Him. His desires are expressed in us as we renew our minds and align with Him. When we do this, we can and should ask whatever we desire and it will be done. Our words are energized with faith from our union with Him.
Jesus also explained what happens to those who are fruitless, they are discarded since they attempt to be takes of the life flow meant for the fruitful ones. They are lukewarm and Jesus will not tolerate lukewarmness thus they are removed from the Life-giving vine.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Galatians chapter 3:
26 You have all become true children of God by faith in Jesus Christ! 27 Faith immersed you into Christ, and now you are covered and clothed with His life. 28 And we no longer see each other in our former state—Jew or non-Jew, rich or poor, male or female—because we’re all one through our union with Jesus Christ.
Jesus is our Source and we must keep this focus in our daily walk. There is a temptation to focus on writings, videos, and audio recordings apart from this focus. Be careful for the renewing of your mind can proceed in the wrong direction and then you wake up one morning realizing that you have become fruitless in your walk. Do not let this subtle device of the devil occur in your studies. Do not finish in the flesh what you started in The Spirit. I ask The Holy Spirit to show me what to study each morning thus I don’t allow those subtle devices any place in my focus.
Jesus expects us to ask Him to join us in our daily walk. Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in chapter 24:
13 Later that same day, two of Jesus’ disciples were walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus, a journey of about seventeen miles. 14–15 They were in the midst of a discussion about all the events of the last few days when Jesus walked up and accompanied them in their journey. 16 They were unaware that it was actually Jesus walking alongside them, for God prevented them from recognizing Him…
28 As they approached the village, Jesus walked on ahead, telling them He was going on to a distant place. 29 They urged Him to remain there with them and pleaded, “Stay with us. It will be dark soon.” So Jesus went with them into the village.
30 Joining them at the table for supper, He took bread and blessed it and broke it, then gave it to them. 31 All at once their eyes were opened and they realized He was Jesus! Then suddenly, in a flash, Jesus vanished from before their eyes!
32 Stunned, they looked at each other and said, “Why didn’t we recognize Him? Didn’t our hearts burn with the flames of Holy passion while we walked beside Him? He unveiled for us such profound revelation from the Scriptures!”
How many times did we miss the opportunity to compel Jesus to walk with us in our situations? In the above passage, He was going to depart from them at the fork in the road but they compelled Him to stay with them. The result was that their eyes were opened and they received revelation and sustenance.