Original Entry:
November 21, 2011
McMinnville, OR
I am the vine; you re the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will
bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5
I just returned from
my Southern Oregon muzzle loader hunt where my friend Ben and I took two nice
bucks, Ben’s being his second and largest trophy of his life.
One afternoon we
hunted down a long ridge still hunting along the way. As we worked our way
through the timber I occasionally peered over the edge into the dark
timber. I noticed Ben staying back about
ten or so yards making his own noise.
It was time to teach
him the “one sound” rule. I called him
forward and said, “Always walk as close to me as possible and step when I step
so that we look, and sound like one creature.”
Galatians 5:25
tells us to “keep in step with the
spirit.”
I believe this is
similar to what Jesus meant when he said, “If a man remains in
me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
(John 5:5)
A man must stay
connected to his God. A man must abide
with such proximity to his God that to common men they appear as one (John 17:21). The man who walks as one
with his God is the man who does not have a dark side. The man who walks as one with his God does
not have secrets. The man who walks as
one with his God will naturally live out the life and fruit which Christ
demands (Galatians 5:22).
