There is the lesson of entire consecration. The branch has only one reason for which it exists, one purpose to which it is entirely given up. That is to bear the fruit the vine wishes to bring forth. And so, the believer has only one reason for his being a branch, one reason for his existence on earth: that the heavenly Vine may bring forth His fruit through him. Happy is the soul that knows this, that has consented to it, and that says, “I have been redeemed and I live for one thing—I exist as exclusively