John 15:16 AMP
16 You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you[ I have planted you], that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting[ that it may remain, abide], so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name[ as a presenting all that I AM], He may give it to you.
Isn't it interesting that the word often translated as "appointed" (see post on biblicalgreeknuggets.blogspot link at bottom of blog) can also mean placed or planted. Jesus is speaking of Himself as the vine and of us as branches. He attaches those who believe in His name to the vine of His body.
It is there, and only there, we can bear good fruit in God's eyes. It is not for a short season, but a continuous bearing of the fruit that comes from abiding in that vine.
Even though we are to remain in Him , we are to then go and be ourselves in Him, to glorify and give witness to the Father, and to truly live an abundant life. That's what He chooses for us.
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