Connected To Jesus

I was just sitting here trying to figure out what I was going to write about in tonight’s blog post.  I have been experiencing some internet connection problems for the past few weeks since I “upgraded” to a better connection from the internet provider that I currently have, so far. 

I called the tech support line and they were very helpful I must say.  They ran me through many steps trying to get my computer to connect, but nothing worked.  They even sent a technician to my place to see if he could fix it and for a few minutes everything seemed to go very well.  I was reconnected, that is until about 5 minutes after he left, then I lost the connection again.

Then I called tech support again and went through more steps trying to reconnect my computer to the internet.  I was on the phone for about two hours and a half this afternoon trying to get reconnected, but to no avail.  It was getting close to supper time and I was getting hungry so I thanked the technician for his time and said I would call back later.

I was thinking about all this and I thank God that we can still stay connected to Him when we know Him.  Our connection will never be broken if we put our faith and trust in Jesus Christ.  We may feel disconnected from Him sometimes when there is sin in our lives or we grow cold spiritually, but we must know that it was not God that moved, but it was we who moved. 

We are only one step away from returning to the Lord.  He is always waiting to hear from us and He is always ready to help us. 

If you are feeling disconnected from the Lord, sometimes we all do, just remember He has never left you and He never will.  Jesus loves you and He wants you to know that you can feel connected to Him.  We connect to Him by faith.

We come to Him by faith in His finished work on the cross and He dwells in us by His Holy Spirit.  Sometimes life gets hard and difficult.  We may not know where to turn or how things are going to work out, but we must remember that we belong to the Lord Jesus Christ.  He is our Lord and Savior.  He is Mighty and all powerful.

I am reminded of John 15:1-8 which says,

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit,

while every branch that does bear fruit He prunes so that it

will be even more fruitful.

You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

Remain in me, and I will remain in you.

No branch can bear fruit by itself;

it must remain in the vine.

Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

I am the vine; you are the branches.

If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit;

apart from me you can do nothing.

If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown in the fire and burned.

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.

This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.”

If we want to bear fruit for the Lord we must learn that we can’t do that in our own power and in our own strength.  The only way we can bear lasting fruit is do it while being connected to the Lord Jesus Christ.  Apart from Jesus we can’t accomplish anything of lasting value. 

We must remain in Him and He in us.  When we sin we must repent and turn back to the Lord and reestablish our connection with Him.  We must keep our focus on the Lord Jesus and sometimes we will find that we get distracted by something in our lives and we discover that we have drifted from the Lord.

It is easy as turning to Him in prayer and telling Him that we are sorry for drifting away and that we need Him in our lives.  We enter our relationship with the Lord Jesus by faith and we continue our walk with Him by faith.

Sometimes our faith is shaken to the very core.  Sometimes doubt tries to knock us down.  There will be times when the darkness seems to be closing in on us and we will feel like there are giants staring down at us and we may feel all alone in this world.  I would like to remind you that you are never ever alone. 

The Lord Jesus is with you each step of the way.  He is the One we can trust.  He is the One that we must remain connected too.  He is the One that gives us the strength to press on not matter what happens in our lives.  We can trust Him to be faithful and trustworthy. 

Let us come boldly to the throne of grace and find mercy and love.

Let us lay down our burdens at the foot of the cross where Jesus died.

We must remember that He still lives and that He is in us who believe by His Holy Spirit.

Lord,

We thank you for Your faithfulness.  Thank You for the connection that we have to You by faith.  Thank You that You never disconnect from us.  We do realize sometimes our sin gets in the way of our connecting to You and we are sorry for that.  We repent of that sin and want to reconnect to You.  We Praise Your Holy name.  Help us to forgive those who hurt us.  Lead us and guide us by Your Holy Spirit.

In Jesus name,

Amen