Day 27 of 90days Thru the New Testament
Daily Reading John 13-15
During Jesus’ time on earth, He spent a lot of time teaching His disciples how to live and how to love. In John 13, He tells them plainly, “Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”
But I don’t think we are.
Most days, it feels like the body of Christ is a fractured family, brothers and sisters who disagree, who can’t seem to get along, who forget that love was supposed to be the proof of our discipleship. It breaks my heart because I can only imagine how it must break His. In John 15, Jesus gives us the secret to staying connected, not just to Him but to each other. He says, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in Me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing.”
That’s it.
The only way the branches stay alive is by staying connected to the vine. The moment we pull away, whether through pride, offense, or comparison, we start to wither. Our love dries up, our fruit disappears, and we forget who we belong to.
Jesus didn’t just call us to believe; He called us to abide. To remain. To stay rooted in His love and let that love flow through us into others. Because when we truly abide in Him, His heart becomes our heartbeat. And when His heartbeat flows through His people, the world finally sees what real discipleship looks like united, fruitful, and full of love.
So today, maybe the call isn’t just to do more for Jesus, but to stay closer to Him. To remain in His love until it overflows into every relationship, every church, and every broken place in the body of Christ.
That’s when the world will know we really are His disciples.
Anchored in His Love.
Love Pastor Mandy
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