Daily Devotional for July 20
I am the true vine, and My Father is the Husbandman...every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. John 15:1, 2
AS even the best branches in the vine, which give evidence of fruit-bearing, require pruning, so even the most honest and earnest of the Lord's people require the Lord's discipline and providential care--otherwise they might soon run to woodmaking also, and fail to bring forth much fruit....The true child of God whose will has been entirely immersed into the will of the Lord is neither offended nor discouraged by these prunings. He has learned something at least of his own unwisdom, and has confidence in the wisdom of the great Husbandman. Hence when divine providence estops his efforts in some directions he takes the thwarting of his plans joyfully, assured that the Lord's will and the Lord's way are the best, and intended to work out a blessing. Z.'99-109 R2465:3
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Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day. Acts 26:22
IN referring to the preservation of his life, the apostle does not give credit to Lysias, the commander of the garrison at Jerusalem, but declares that he obtained help of God, by whom he had been sustained to the time of his speaking....There is a good lesson in this for all the Lord's people. How apt many are to give credit to “luck” or “chance” or human instrumentality, overlooking the fact that the Lord's saints are the special objects of his care, and that the angel of the Lord encampeth round about them and delivereth them. `Z'03-158` R3197:3 (Hymn 61)
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