Abide with Me
The arc of Scripture points to the need to abide in God. When humanity remains in God - when we remain oriented towards God’s presence - creation flourishes, we and all that surrounds us. But when we lose the desire to abide in God, and seek to abide elsewhere instead, creation languishes - painfully languishes.
I offer this hymn Abide with Me to let you think about how abiding can lead to soaring. When I start playing the melody with octaves halfway through the piece, “soar” is the only word I can think of. I hope that the momentum of the chords help you and nearby creation soar! In John 15, Jesus reminds us that when we remain abiding in Him, we are gloriously fruitful. But it is only in Him that we can bear that robust fruit; for apart from Jesus we can do nothing.
So what fruit abounds in your life? Who soars because of how you follow Jesus? And where do you see languishing in the world as a result of your not abiding in Jesus?
As you listen to this version of the hymn, let its flow draw all of you towards The Lord. We don’t have to be perfect to abide. We just need to do it. That’s good news.
May the witness of our lives be a resounding insistence from onlookers that we’ve spent time with Jesus.
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