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“Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate” (Mark 10:9). Our Lord was speaking about marriage, but the command applies to other areas of life as well.
God has joined together abundant living and fruit bearing. We cannot be joyful, satisfied believers unless we are bearing fruit. But God has also joined fruit bearing and abiding in Christ. We cannot manufacture spiritual fruit; it must flow out of our fellowship with the Savior. But abiding in Christ must be united to obeying, for if we disobey His Word, it damages our communion with Him and makes it difficult for Him to bless us. Obeying must be joined with loving Christ; otherwise, doing God’s will becomes punishment, not nourishment (John 4:34). Finally, loving must be joined to knowing, for the better we know Christ, the more we will love Him.
To put it another way, the better we know Jesus, the more we will love Him. The more we love Him, the more we will obey Him, and the more we obey Him, the more we will abide in Him. The more we abide in Him, the more fruit we will bear; and the more fruit we bear, the more we will experience life overflowing. It’s somewhat of a spiritual chain reaction, and it begins with our decision to spend quality time with our Lord each day.