BRIDE OF THE LAMB
JESUS is ours, yours and mine. Christ is pure loveliness. He is our
beloved Bridegroom. We are His Church, His Bride. We are the Bride of
the Lamb. Jesus is our Well-Beloved. His vineyard is our hearts. We are
His. He bought us with a costly price. It cost Him everything, His very
life. Christ shed His life’s blood for us. He set us apart for Himself.
He made us His vineyard. He hedged us in and fenced us around. He tended
us to yield good fruit.
Our hearts are His vineyards, planted where He can use us most, in
the right place, at the right time, to bear much fruit for His glory.
God’s unmistakable grace will yield the fruits of the Spirit in us,
planted in a very fruitful vineyard, to serve Christ, and to bring the
most glory to Him. We are called to light up His way and show others His
light.
The choicest clusters come from the vineyards of our hearts. His
sweet fragrance emanates from us. The richest and heaviest fruits come
from sharply cut vines. The choicest flavors and most fragrant aromas
come from sharp-edged swords of trials and tribulations that cut into
our hearts. We bear our best fruit during our worst trials. Our sorrows
drive us to Him who wipes away our tears. We lay our sorrows at His feet
and arise, comforted by His embrace.
THE FRUIT OF FAITH – Trials dig the vineyards of our hearts to make
us more fruitful and store vital nourishment at the roots of our vines.
Trials fertilize the soil in which faith grows.
THE FRUIT OF LOVE – Christ’s tender heart delights to love. Jesus
hedges us in affectionately with His goodness and grace. Christ pledges
His love to us. Our hearts grow warm in the fire of His love.
THE FRUIT OF HOPE – Jesus adores the fruit of hope. In Christ, we
have the greatest expectations, the brightest hopes, the clearest
vision. Our hopes grow bright in Christ.
THE FRUIT OF LABOR – We work for the Master with the most ardent
zeal. We swim in a sea of work with nothing to stop us. Christ gives us
success. We produce the ripest fruit for our Master. When Jesus visits
the vineyards of our hearts, let us honor Him with our very best fruits.
All the clusters of our fruit ripen for Christ. Let us yield great
clusters of ripe fruit from our hearts to Him, all for Him and for Him
alone.
REFERENCE:
“The Bride of the Lamb” is an edited version of
“The Well-Beloved’s Vineyard” in “Till He Come”
by Charles Haddon Spurgeon.
“The Well-Beloved’s Vineyard” in “Till He Come”
by Charles Haddon Spurgeon.
Miriam Jacob
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