Spiritually dry

 4Remain in Me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in Me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him produces much fruit,  because you can do nothing without Me.    John 15:4-5   CSB

From time to time, we can begin to feel spiritually dry and miles away from God. God hasn't moved and, despite what others may say, you may not have moved either. It is just possible that you have been so busy that you have only given Jesus 50% of your time. 

Jesus - the vinedresser here, wants us to be more like Him - to be Christlike in all we do. When a gardener goes looking around his plot, he will remove branches that have withered and decayed because, they may hinder the growth of the rest of the plant. He does this and discards them, casting them into his fire. The rest of the plant, he prunes so that next season it will have a healthy growth. Now, Jesus being the vinedresser does the same. He wants us to have a binding union with Himself and the Father so, He encourages growth by helping us to be rid of the things that hinder our walk with Him and then prunes the rest, in order to have a deeper and abiding union with Him.

He wants each one of us to, abide in Him; to remain continually in step with Him. This is classed as Christlikeness. Now this needs to be done on a daily basis, maintaining a 'live connection' with the Holy Spirit; and we do this by being obedient to His word. Otherwise, we will find the going gets tough and we end up achieving very little, if at all v5.

You may be feeling spiritually dry at this time. It may be because you have a hit and miss blip in your walk with Jesus, failing to read His word or praying. It may also be that Jesus has pinpointed something in your life that needs to be cut out and discarded. Do you know what this may be? If so, then surrender it to God and let Him perform His work on you. If not, why not say this prayer with me:

'Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.' 24 See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the everlasting way.'  Psalm 139:23-24. CSB

Use these two verse by David, as a prayer to show God your willingness to make some changes in your life; and then, watch Him move.

If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now:

Lord Jesus, I have sinned   

I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today.

In Jesus' Name. Amen'

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