The tabernacle was complete, the offerings were generous, the system was running. But what made it more than an impressive tent was the glory of God resting on it. Today’s devotional asks whether the work you are doing — in ministry, at home, in your daily life — has genuinely been built in response to God’s initiative, or whether you are building your own thing and hoping He shows up.
Jesus says bearing much fruit does two things: it brings glory to His Father, and it shows you to be His disciple. Not a badge or a public declaration — a life so connected to the vine that the fruit it produces is recognisably His. The branch doesn’t grow the fruit. It simply stays connected. Everything flows from the vine. The fruit is His — and so is the glory. The question is whether your life is readable enough for someone to see it.