By Judy Lee Jenkins
Contained within the scriptures are nuggets of pure gold, words that bring us wisdom, knowledge and life. We have such a wondrous God who has such a wondrous love for us. He never planned to leave us alone without his road map to guide us through life. This road map is found within HIS holy scriptures.
Jesus represented that holy word when he walked on the face of the earth. He is called more than one, THE LIVING WORD. He taught his disciples so many wonderful truths. He told them in John:15 that he was the true vine and they were the branches. Without abiding in the true vine, they could do nothing.. They would not be able to produce fruit of any kind without remaining in Jesus. A branch left to itself will whither and die . It needs its life source which is the vine or the tree. Jesus as the true vine is our life source!!
He also taught them to let their light shine before others not to glorify themselves but to glorify our Heavenly Father. Everything we do should always be for the glory of God and never for ourselves. The book of Isaiah 43:7 even lets us know that we were all created for his glory. Jesus sacrifice for us is what merits our salvation. We are totally helpless within our sinful nature to achieve that. However, when we abide in our Lord, he works out through us the fruit of the spirit which produces those things that glorify him. It should always be our goal to produce the fruit of the spirit which is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, long suffering, gentleness, and self control. Those good works produced by the spirit are what will always glorify our wondrous Lord.
Pondering on those nuggets of truth, I wrote the following song:
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST MY SAVIOR, THE KING OF ALL KINGS,
I’M GIVEN STRENGTH TO ENDURE AND DO ALL THINGS,
BUT I CAN DO NOTHING WITHOUT HIM LIVING INSIDE OF ME,
MAY I PRODUCE MUCH FRUIT FOR HIM LIKE THE THRIVING, FLOWERING TREE.
LIKE A THRIVING FLOWERING TREE, (ECHO MELODY)
THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO BE,
LIKE A THRIVING FLOWERING TREE,
WITH JESUS LIVING IN ME.
ABIDING IN JESUS IS ALL THAT I WANT OR SEEK,
TO LIVE LIKE MY SAVIOR WHO’S SO HUMBLE, KIND AND MEEK,
I’M ONLY A BRANCH BUT FOREVER HE IS THE TRUE VINE,
GUIDING ME, SO LOVINGLY, BY HIS TRUTH DIVINE.
GUIDING ME, SO LOVINGLY (ECHO MELODY)
BY HIS TRUTH DIVINE,
GUIDING ME SO LOVINGLY,
ONLY JESUS IS THE TRUE VINE.
CHORUS
IT’S ALL FOR HIS GLORY,
I CLAIM NOTHING FOR MY OWN,
ONLY HIS PRECIOUS SACRIFICE MERITS MY HEAVENLY HOME!!
PRAISES TO MY SAVIOR FOREVER WILL I GIVE,
HE GAVE ME MY SALVATION, HE’S THE REASON THAT I LIVE!!
2ND VERSE
EVERY MINUTE AND HOUR OF EACH AND EVERY DAY,
I NEED JESUS PRESENCE WITH ME TO FOREVER STAY.
LIKE SPRINGS OF FLOWING WATER THAT CONTINUE TO NOURISH A TREE,
HIS LIVING WATER AND HOLY SPIRIT ETERNALLY NOURISH ME.
LIKE SPRINGS OF FLOWING WATER, (ECHO MELODY)
THAT NOURISH A TREE,
HIS LIVING WATER AND HOLY SPIRIT
ETERNALLY NOURISH ME.
CHORUS
IT’S ALL FOR HIS GLORY,
I CLAIM NOTHING FOR MY OWN,
ONLY HIS PRECIOUS SACRIFICE MERITS MY HEAVENLY HOME!!
PRAISES TO MY SAVIOR FOREVER WILL I GIVE,
HE GAVE ME MY SALVATION, HE’S THE REASON THAT I LIVE!!
3RD VERSE
JESUS IS MY FIRST LOVE, MY TOTAL ALL IN ALL,
WITHOUT HIM ALL MY EFFORTS ARE EMPTY, VOID AND NULL.
MAY HIS LIGHT, WITHIN SHINE BRIGHT, AND NEVER FADE OR DIM,
SO ALL THAT I STRIVE SO HARD TO DO, WILL ALWAYS GLORIFY HIM!!
CHORUS
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