Have you ever just walked into a garden or field and pulled a leaf off the alive fruit-bearing plant? What happened in a matter of hours to the leaf? I will tell you what happened. It withered and died from lack of nutrients provided from the vine which it was originally connected. We are like the leaf when we disconnect from Jesus who is the true vine. Our lives become meaningless, and we eventually wither and die. It may take a few hours or a few days for us to feel the loss, but we will die a spiritual death without His leading and guidance. There is no way around it. The Word supplies us with food for our Spiritual life and strength just like eating natural food supplies the physical body with strength to do manual labor in the Earth. Without remaining connected to the Vine, we will not be able to know the things of God. We cannot heal the sick and raise the dead. We cannot prophesy or speak the truth of the Word into the atmosphere so others will come to know Him. We will be like the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree and we will yield nothing without being the branches connected to the Vine.
Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this day on I will bless you.” Haggai 2:19 ESV
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