THE BRIDE OF THE LAMB

JESUS is ours, yours and mine. Christ is pure loveliness. He is our beloved Bridegroom. We are His Church, His Bride. We are the Bride of the Lamb. Jesus is our Well-Beloved. His vineyard is our hearts. We are His. He bought us with a costly price. It cost Him everything, His very life. Christ shed His life’s blood for us. He set us apart for Himself. He made us His vineyard. He hedged us in and fenced us around. He tended us to yield good fruit.

Our hearts are His vineyards, planted where He can use us most, in the right place, at the right time, to bear much fruit for His glory. God’s unmistakable grace will yield the fruits of the Spirit in us, planted in a very fruitful vineyard, to serve Christ, and to bring the most glory to Him. We are called to light up His way and show others His light.

The choicest clusters come from the vineyards of our hearts. His sweet fragrance emanates from us. The richest and heaviest fruits come from sharply cut vines. The choicest flavors and most fragrant aromas come from sharp-edged swords of trials and tribulations that cut into our hearts. We bear our best fruit during our worst trials. Our sorrows drive us to Him who wipes away our tears. We lay our sorrows at His feet and arise, comforted by His embrace.

THE FRUIT OF FAITH - Trials dig the vineyards of our hearts to make us more fruitful and store vital nourishment at the roots of our vines. Trials fertilize the soil in which faith grows.

THE FRUIT OF LOVE - Christ’s tender heart delights to love. Jesus hedges us in affectionately with His goodness and grace. Christ pledges His love to us. Our hearts grow warm in the fire of His love.

THE FRUIT OF HOPE – Jesus adores the fruit of hope. In Christ, we have the greatest expectations, the brightest hopes, the clearest vision. Our hopes grow bright in Christ.

THE FRUIT OF LABOR – We work for the Master with the most ardent zeal. We swim in a sea of work with nothing to stop us. Christ gives us success. We produce the ripest fruit for our Master. When Jesus visits the vineyards of our hearts, let us honor Him with our very best fruits. All the clusters of our fruit ripen for Christ. Let us yield great clusters of ripe fruit from our hearts to Him, all for Him and for Him alone.


REFERENCE:

"The Bride of the Lamb" is an edited version of 
"The Well-Beloved's Vineyard" in "Till He Come" 
by Charles Haddon Spurgeon. 

The graphic illustrated is from Google Images. Source:http://www.closerdaybyday.info/2011/12/revelation-21/


Miriam Jacob