This website is very much devoted to sharing the spiritual life found in Christ. Living in the moment means abiding (or, as other translations put it, remaining) in the vine. If you abide in Me and I in you, you will bear much fruit apart from Me you can do nothing. Neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me. No branch can bear fruit by itself it must abide in the vine. I am the True Vine, and my Father is the gardener. The True Vine was indeed planted in the vineyard roughly two thousand years ago. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LIVE IN THE MOMENT? Knowing the True Vine This, my friend, is a picture of how you and I receive spiritual life, and in turn, we bear fruit. Each branch lives only while it remains in the vine. All those attached to Him receive life and nourishment through the Vine, moment by moment. The True Vine receives his tender care, as do the branches - both the natural limbs, and those grafted in. This is God’s song, sung as He waters the vineyard. The song of the vineyard is also the song of the Vine and its every branch. The branch is the symbol of the individual believer, who stands in the Vine. The vineyard was the symbol of the people of Israel, in whose midst the True Vine was to stand. Where is this vineyard? My favorite author puts it this way: I keep it day and night so that no one may harm it. Sing about a fruitful vineyard: I, the L ORD, do keep it I water it every moment. Using simple farming terms, Scripture paints this picture: So, what is God’s heart towards you? How can you know Him? The desire to know God intimately - heart, mind and spirit - is knit into your DNA. THE BOOK: ABIDE IN CHRIST, BY ANDREW MURRAY Mindfulness is the act of engaging the present with an attitude of kindness and curiosity - experiencing it through all your senses.īut there’s more than mere sensual awareness here. If you missed it, that’s okay, another one is coming. But life, spiritual connection and action happen only in the moment. The only place you can act and make any progress is in this moment.ĭon’t get me wrong, planning for progress is wise. And why must this happen in the moment? Because now is the only place anything ever happens! So, what does it mean to live in the moment - for you, personally?Ĭonnecting to the Source of all life and power is something humans have sought over the centuries. God is the Source of all life, and this moment is the only place where Divine connection is possible.
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