“Not Good If Detached” is October 11’s entry from Dr. David Jeremiah’s ‘Turning Points with God: 365 Daily Devotions’.
"Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me." John 15:4
After her horrendous experiences in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, Corrie ten Boom became a roving evangelist, taking the message of Christ to the world. In bringing her story to the United States, she frequently traveled by rail. She noticed that the train tickets were perforated in the middle. The whole ticket had to be presented to the attendant, who then separated the two halves. In prominent letters on each ticket were the words “Not Good If Detached.”
That became the title of Corrie’s book about John 15 and the reality of abiding in Christ. A branch must be connected to the vine for the sap to flow uninterrupted and for the fruit to appear. If it’s severed from the vine, it withers and dies. It cannot bear fruit on its own.
Our daily connection with Christ allows the Holy Spirit to flow through us, producing the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). Christlike qualities come as a result of our relationship with Christ, and we become more like Him by spending time with Him in fellowship in His Word and by abiding in simple trust.
Are you “attached”?
To end, a quote from Corrie Ten Boom, “Without Him, I am nothing. Like some railway tickets in America, I am ‘not good if detached.'”
