“Why Not Go Out On A Branch”
Author: Pat AH Aman
I have mentioned before that I have quite a Library. We have a selection of Mark Twain’s books. I remember reading this statement in one of the books but have not thought of it in a long time. Mark Twain said, “Why Not Go Out On A Limb? That’s Where The Fruit Is.”
Now, I know you are thinking, why did you remember that?
Well, I will tell you. I opened a new roll of paper towels, and it had the saying all over it! I just laughed. They are now making paper towels to be more intellectual. I thought, huh, these paper towels might be too smart for me to use in my kitchen. Then I grabbed one up and wiped some dirt up off the floor. I thought to myself again, just like the paper towel could hear me, “You might be smart, buddy, but I got the dirt on you.”
Now you are not going to tell me, that you have never talked to yourself, I know.
Anyway, to the point of the devotion, the statement says a lot. If you are not willing to take a step of faith, you will not receive the fruit of your blessings. If you are a Christian, you must bear fruit for the Lord. And sometimes you really must step out on a limb (Your Comfort Zone) to do what He has called you to do. Have Faith in the true vine (Jesus), and (God) who is the vinedresser. Then when you step out on that limb, which is (yourself), you are showing that you have the confidence to do whatever God wants you to do. Then there will be good fruit, growing and flowing from you.
Luke 6:43-45, 43 “For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
44 For every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush.
45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of this heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”
John 15:1-6, 1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; [a] and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
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