"விதைகளின் உள்ளே" 🌳
“Inside
the Seeds”
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Bible Meditation No. 1730
AATHAVAN – Sunday, 02 November 2025
“Yet I planted you as a
choice vine, a completely faithful seed. How then have you turned yourself
before Me into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?” (Jeremiah 2:21
NASB)
We do many things in life
out of faith. When we plant and care for a mango or coconut tree in our home,
it is because we expect it to grow and bear good fruit. In the same way, God
brought the people of Israel out of Egypt with an expectation — to plant them
in the land of Canaan.
We read,
“You removed a vine from
Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it. You cleared the ground before
it, and it took deep root and filled the land.”
(Psalm 80:8–9 NASB)
The Bible refers to the
people of Israel as God’s vine: “For the vineyard of the Lord of armies is the
house of Israel, and the people of Judah are His delightful plant.” (Isaiah
5:7 NASB)
Yet this vine, which God
Himself had planted, disappointed Him. It did not produce the fruit He
expected. As the prophet Isaiah sang,
“Let me sing now for my
beloved a song of my beloved about His vineyard:
My beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill. He dug it all around, cleared it
of stones, and planted it with the choicest vine. And He built a tower in the
middle of it, and also carved out a wine vat in it; Then He expected it to
produce good grapes, But it produced only worthless ones.” (Isaiah 5:1–2
NASB)
Even though the vineyard was
fenced, cleared of stones, and carefully tended, it failed to bear good fruit.
The reason? It did not remain true to its nature as a cultivated vine but took
on the wild nature of an uncultivated one.
Dearly beloved, today we
are the spiritual Israel. Our Lord Jesus Christ has redeemed us from the
bondage of sin — our spiritual Egypt — and desires to lead us toward the
heavenly Canaan. Let us not become like the wild vine that disappointed the
Gardener’s expectations. We must remain united with Him always.
“Remain in Me, and I in you.
Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it remains in the vine,
so neither can you unless you remain in Me.”
(John 15:4 NASB)
Let us not allow the Lord to
ask us, “How have you turned into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?”
Instead, may we abide in Him and bear abundant fruit. Then the Father will be
glorified through us, and we will truly be His disciples.
“My Father is glorified by
this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.” (John 15:8
NASB)
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