The Lord gives Prophet Ezekiel a picture of the vine tree. He asks whether the wood of a vine is useful like the wood of other trees.
Vine wood is not suitable for making something strong or useful. Its particular purpose is to bear fruit.
The Lord says:
“What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?” (Ezekiel 15:2)
And then: “Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?” (Ezekiel 15:4)
You had been chosen and given a special relationship with God, but had turned away from Him and were not producing the fruit He desired.
A vine is valuable because it produces fruit. If it refuses to fulfil its purpose, its wood has very little use.
God does not merely call us to carry His name outwardly. He desires fruit in our lives—obedience, righteousness, faithfulness, love, repentance and holiness.
Lord Jesus said in John 15:8:
“Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.”
Ezekiel 15 speaks of the vine that fails to fulfil its purpose; John 15 speaks of abiding in Christ and bearing much fruit.
We have received tremendous privileges from God. But privilege without faithfulness does not protect a person from judgment.
The Lord says: “And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them” (Ezekiel 15:7).
This is a serious warning. Being associated with God’s people, knowing Scripture, attending worship, or having a Christian identity is not the same as walking faithfully with God.
God looks at the fruit of our lives.
God does not reject everyone who fails.” Rather, it is a solemn call to examine ourselves and return to God.
When we discover that our lives are not producing the fruit God desires, the right response is not pride or despair.
It is: “Lord Jesus, search my heart. Remove what is displeasing to You. Prune me, cleanse me, and help me abide in You so that my life may bear fruit for Your glory.”
“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing” (John 15:4,5).
God did not call us merely to occupy space in His vineyard. He called us to bear fruit.
A branch does not produce fruit by struggling independently from the vine. It produces fruit by remaining connected to the vine.
And Lord Jesus says: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman” (John 15:1).
Do not merely carry the name of the Vine—abide in the True Vine.
Do not merely appear alive—bear fruit.
Do not merely receive God’s blessings—walk in obedience.
Do not merely hear His Word—let His Word transform your life.
The Lord is looking for fruit, not merely leaves. When we remain in Christ, the One who is the True Vine, He Himself supplies what we need to bear fruit.
“By their fruits ye shall know them” (Matthew 7:20).
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