We are a culture built to produce results. It’s why we spend thousands of dollars and hours educating ourselves. It’s why companies spend 2 million dollars for ads on Super Bowl Sunday. It’s why kids are in daycare for 10 hours a day. We expect results from each other, and demand it from ourselves. And too often, Christians think that the world’s method of getting results is how it’s supposed to be.

Jesus did say in John 15:5 that we will produce results, but it won’t be because of anything that we do:

“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.”

What do branches need to do in order to produce fruit? Stay connected to the vine. Does the branch need to work, prepare, or plan for it? Nope. If, and only if a branch is connected to its vine, it will produce fruit.

Tired of working, agonizing, and stressing-out? Is this really the way we should be living? 4 hours of sleep. Marriages ending in divorce. Children being neglected. The homeless live their lives starving and the employed are starved from living. And all for what result, exactly?

What if Jesus’ way is better, and all the only thing we have to do is remain in Him? How would that change… the way we live?

Josh blogs at http://joshherndon.com and twitters at joshua_herndon