Grafted In

Are you connected to God and his family tree? Where are you rooted? How are you rooted? In what way are you connected to the family of God?

As followers of Jesus, we are grafted into the family of God. We should never take our salvation for-granted. Like a wild olive branch that has been grafted into an olive tree, we have been graciously brought into the family of God. We are sustained and given life by God’s provision and nourishment.

The Apostle Paul wrote the believers in Rome, saying, “But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” (Romans 11:17-19, ESV).

Our salvation is a gift of God. There is no place for arrogance or entitlement in regard to our salvation. We have been grafted into the family tree of God by the grace of God.

May we humbly embrace our place in God’s family tree and worship God with thanksgiving, saying, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”

A Collect for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 15): “Keep your Church, O Lord, by your perpetual mercy; and because without you the frailty of our nature causes us to fall, keep us from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable for our salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).

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