[S] John 12:16 --
16"You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.
[O] There is an interesting thread here going from "chose" to "appointed" to "bear fruit" to "fruit would remain" to "ask in My name". It begins with being chosen by Jesus, not the other way around and being chosen sets the basis for appointment or empowerment to carry out a task. The task here is bearing fruit and for it to remain. This is not a cramming for results approach but something that will be matured into a way of living permanently. Through such a progression I can call His name to make my supplications. Just calling His name when I am not even chosen and appointed by Him will not carry the power that He mentions in this passage.
[A] This progression needs to take place daily where I begin the day by surrendering my life to Him to be chosen & appointed to carry out His ways of bearing fruit. Then throughout the day I can call out in His name to get whatever I need within that calling, or to accomplish that calling.
[P] Dear Father, what a privilege it is to be chosen by You and to carry out Your bearing fruit. Please use me to do this every day and I realize asking for this is dangerous because by doing so I will face challenges in life to plow through in order to accomplish this calling. In those moment, please grant me Your grace for me to call on Your name to get whatever I need to do just this within Your calling. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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