Meditate On
I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me,
and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
John 15:5
Without
Jesus We Cannot, Without Us He Will Not
In more than two decades of ministry, I have learned this
from the Lord: Without Him, we cannot. Without us, He will not. What this
simply means is that we need to recognize the fact that if we do not depend on
Jesus, there can be no real, long-lasting and abiding success—without Him, we
cannot. Believers who want to experience His success need to recognize this
truth and begin to depend on Jesus and Jesus alone.
So what do I mean when I say, “Without us, He will not”?
Well, Jesus is a gentleman. He will not force His unmerited favor and success
down your throat. He needs you to allow Him to work in your life. He waits
patiently for you to trust Him. He waits patiently for you to depend on His
unmerited favor.
Beloved, God’s unmerited favor is ever-flowing toward us
and Jesus is waiting for us to come to the end of ourselves. He is waiting for
you to stop struggling in your own attempts to somehow “deserve” His favor, and
just depend on Him. So in the areas that you are still depending on your own
efforts to succeed, start resting in Jesus’ unmerited favor and begin experiencing
His manifested presence and glory upon everything you touch!
BLESSINGS
JOSEPH PRINCE
