As I sought for something with which to encourage you this time, I picked up the book Secrets of the Vine, by Bruce Wilkinson. I haven’t read this for several years, but remember it shedding light on some of the things I was experiencing at the time. I flipped through the pages to see if any of the passages I had underlined might minister to you. The following passage comes under the heading, The Person of Abiding, and proceeds from an extended teaching in which it is made clear that so much of what we do, calling it abiding, is merely a matter of works.
“Abiding is all about the most important friendship of your life. Abiding doesn’t measure how much you know about your faith or your Bible. In abiding, you seek, long for, thirst for, wait for, see, know, love, hear, and respond to . . . a person. More abiding means more of God in your life, more of Him in your activities, thoughts, and desires.
In our Western-style rush to do and perform for God, we often falter at the task of simply enjoying His company. Yet we were created to be dissatisfied and incomplete with less. . .”
May you allow yourselves to be drawn to the One in Whom you are to abide – the One Who loves you . . . and likes you! May you truly be dissatisfied and incomplete without the pleasure and fulfillment of His company every day, my sisters. I include myself in this prayer, as well.
