Upper Loft Meditation - John 15

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. - John 15:7-8

I have not seen before the relationship between asking and fruitfulness. Maybe it is because too often I regard fruitfulness as a result of my hard work. I function as an independent contractor with good Biblical intentions, but I am doing my thing. It is like a little child seeking to please his father. He turns, looks up, and says, “Father, look what I did!”

Fruitfulness is the result of God’s provision, according to God’s plan, through God’s power by the means of his servant. It is ministry that comes out of a relationship with God. The Holy Spirit and His Word are to be operative in all that I do and say.

What is amazing is that God calls us to ask for his acts of grace and mercy to be done among us for His glory. The only guideline given is that our asking should flow out of the ministry of God’s word in our lives.

Today, how have you fed upon the word of God? What have you asked for as a response to God’s word in your life and what you see around you?

On Sunday June 3rd, Oakseed Ministries has issued a call to prayer for Children at High Risk, especially those caught in the web of child labor. (See www.oakseed.org for more information.)

Psalm 10:12 “Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.”

In response to God’s Word, what will you ask for on Sunday, June 3rd?