Grafted In

Gleanings from the Garden – Grafted In

Some of the trees in my garden are special trees. Special in that they have unique shapes because of a process called grafting. Branches are placed upon a strong main trunk or vine and as a result they grow a certain designed way. For instance in my garden I have a Weeping Golden Chain tree. The tree has been shaped by they way branches are grafted onto the main tree trunk. As a result they hang down towards the ground instead of growing upward as the natural tree would grow. It looks like a big bushy tree and when the long golden chain flowers are on it they bring a beautiful look to the garden.
These things remind me of the fact that we are grafted in to the natural vine and placed by God as it has pleased Him to accomplish the look and design He has in mind to create for the body of Christ. We are then members in particular, as it says in I Corinthians 12, and have been designed to bring our uniqueness to and be blended together as they body of Christ, all doing the will of Him who placed us there.
In order to be grafted in the branch has to be hand picked, treated and placed where it will be and do what the one doing the grafting has in mind.
That is us grafted in – hand chosen by God for His garden.

John 15:16(KJV)Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Romans 11:17(KJV) And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

Blessings for the Day
Pastor Kitner