Is it a becoming attribute to be dependent on anyone or anything?
Often, the answer to that question is (and should be) “no.” From dependency on chemical substance, to the healthy man in his 30s who is fully dependent on his parents, to the counselee who’s obedience to Christ depends on the nagging of her counselor – dependency is not a universally good thing.
What now? Do we as Christians and counselors swing the other way and pursue independence from everyone and everything?
Just A Stick
In John 15, Jesus puts us in our place: “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing” – John 15:4-5.
Christian brother and sister, I hope you caught that – apart from Jesus, we can do nothing. That sounds a little bit like dependency to me…
If we are acting independently, we are not attached to the Vine and we can do nothing – we are just a lifeless stick. It
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