I am the vine, you are the branches. He who remains in Me, and I in him, he will bear much fruit. For without Me you can do nothing.
John 15:5

“Much fruit”– this will result because the life and power of Jesus Christ will flow through them. Any attempt to serve Him without truly abiding in Him will come to nothing in God’s eyes, though there may be much activity and seeming success. “Nothing” here means nothing truly spiritual, nothing of the kind of fruit God wants. There is much activity in the churches (not to speak of the religious world in general) which comes to nothing good because it is not done in Jesus Christ and does not have the flow of His life in it.

It is only with the resurrection power that one can overcome all limitations, and trials and temptations. It is only with resurrection power we have an intimate knowledge of the Lord Jesus. Such an intimate knowledge of God comes by resurrection power. That is why Paul had no longing for visions, or dreams or signs; nor did he desire to be caught up to the third heaven. He longed to know Jesus Christ and the power of His resurrection.

Such a faith will not come easily till we have had many failures. After we have failed many times we will say, “O Lord, I confess I am wrong.” Consciously or unconsciously we depend upon our own strength, our wisdom and our knowledge. Paul said, “I die daily.” (as we can read in 1 Corinthians 15:31). As human beings we all remain weak in spite of our Bible knowledge, cleverness and past blessings. With our old nature we think we can conquer temptation. The devil brings something into our path every day, by thought, word or deed, and the Lord puts into our life some disappointment, some painful situation some journeys or difficulty to teach us how to depend upon Him constantly. “Without me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). For all things you can depend upon Him. Generally we go to the Lord Jesus for big matters and not for small matters. That attitude brings us into many failures. We have to recognize the power of resurrection for small matters too, for every burden for every ministry, and for every need.

I will love you, O LORD, my strength.
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength in whom I will trust, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, and my high refuge. I will call to the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so I will be saved from my enemies. The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. The sorrows of hell surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me. In my distress I called to the LORD, and cried out to my God. He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry came before Him, into His ears.
Psalms 18:1-6

Much LoVe, JoY, Peace and Blessings through Jesus Christ, our wonderful, almighty dear caring Lord, Saviour and Redeemer in who we faithfully abide, trust, believe and abundantly do receive throughout His marvelous righteous Word and truth fulfilling Holy Spirit