John 15:5
“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.”
Reflection
One of the secrets to keeping the form of the church organic is our relationship with Jesus. If we live out the advice of Jesus and make sure that we remain in him and draw our strength from our relationship with him then we will be depending on Jesus for what we need. Too many times we create structures and organization and we put our trust in an institution. That will never work. We need to put all of our trust in Jesus and then we will focus on what is important, the mission that he has given us to make disciples for him. We won’t need complicated organization because we will have Jesus and his mission and that will be enough.
If our relationship with Jesus is critical to remaining simple and focused on Jesus’ mission how do we keep that relationship with Jesus strong?
