SERVICING YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS

Date: Friday, January 2nd, 2026 

Title: SERVICING YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS

John 15:4-5, Mark 10:7-8

Abiding in Christ is not a religious slogan for a new year, it is the secret of a fruitful life. Jesus said the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abides in the vine. Some people have been born again and in church for years, yet there is little or no evidence of Christianity in their lives because they are not abiding. They have legal union with Christ but no vital union. It is like a couple that are truly married in law, but they live in different countries and hardly see each other. They can hold a marriage certificate, but they are not enjoying marriage because there is no living contact. Many believers are like that with Jesus. Their names are in the church register, they can tell you when they gave their lives to Christ, but there is no daily flow of life, strength and direction from Him into their practical affairs.It is a living vital union that produces the life which releases the fruits men can see. When a child of God does not continue in a vital active union, divine things will be missing in his experience. That is why the Lord began to open your eyes yesterday to the need to service your vital union, not just claim your legal position. Every relationship you enjoy today is the one you have serviced. Relationship gives birth to fellowship and fellowship strengthens relationship. When there is no fellowship, the relationship begins to die. Some people are closer to their friends than to their own brothers and sisters, simply because they talk more, visit more and share more with their friends. In the same way many believers are more intimate with their fears, their problems and the reports of experts than with the presence of God and the word of God.You can service a medical report so much that it becomes more real to you than Isaiah 53:5 that says With His stripes we are healed. You can service the memory of a disappointment until it becomes more real to you than the faithfulness of God. Some even service their relationship with a man of God more than their relationship with the Lord Himself. As a pastor I can be a signpost, but Jesus is the destination. You must not allow your closeness to any man to replace a living walk with the Master. As you go on in this year, choose deliberately to service your relationship with Jesus. Give Him the kind of regular attention, conversation, honour and obedience that makes any relationship grow. If you do that, your union with Him will move from theory to reality and fruits will begin to show without struggle.THOUGHT TO PONDER: What relationships and reports have you been servicing more than your relationship with Jesus? What deliberate adjustments will you make this year so that your fellowship with Him becomes the strongest relationship in your life?

Prayer: Lord Jesus, help me this year to service my relationship with You above every other relationship and let my fellowship with You produce fruits that men can see. Amen.

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