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November 4, 2018
"...
It shall not be pruned..."
These
are frightening words. Let them never be said of us. They are expressive of the
Lord's displeasure and chastisement of His people.
Isaiah
5:6 KJV — And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but
there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they
rain no rain upon it.
Plead
that the heavenly Husbandman prunes you often. The absence of pruning is a sign of
divine displeasure and judgment.
Pruning
has a wonderful effect on fruitfulness. I witnessed this profound mystery
today.
A
wifeyma'am (feminine of husbandman?) pruned her mulberry plant extensively some weeks ago. I inspected the plant today and I was awed by what I saw; the whole
plant is laden with new fruit.
Pruning
is necessary unto fruitfulness.
Let
the Lord's sharp secateurs do some needed pruning on each one of us.
John
15:
¶ I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every
branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that
beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Hebrews 12
6 For
whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
¶ 7
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he
whom the father chasteneth not?
8 But
if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards,
and not sons.
Psalm 81:12
So
I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own
counsels.
