"You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.
These things I command you, that you love one another."
These verses are so beautiful to me. Think about it, the fact that God loves you, and not only loves you, but He appointed you to bear fruit for Him! Something inside every person that believes in Jesus, made Him choose us! I really can be overtaken by this thought, but this is the love of God!
Jesus says that our fruit should remain, and I believe that means that when we bear fruit for God, showing His love to others and sharing the Good News with people, we will have rewards that will remain, in Heaven.
Jesus commands that we love one another, and as Christians, it is so important for us to bear fruit for God, by being kind, caring and considerate, instead of impatient, rude and dismissive towards people.
Too many times I encounter people that have been treated so badly in life, that they don't even know how to accept kindness from people. I think that is terribly sad. Not only for the countless suffering people, but that Christ died to make being reconciled to God easier, and so many don't even know it.
My prayer for all who read this is that they will realize the immense love God has for them, that He chose them and has appointed them to bear fruit. I pray that we all will cling to Jesus and abide in His love, showing love and kindness in a darkened world, so desperate for love. In Jesus Name, Amen!
