THE CONCEPT OF BEING “FRUITFUL”IS A COMMON THEME THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE. IT IS A CALL TO ACTION FOR ALL BELIEVERS IN CHRIST TO LIVE A LIFE THAT PRODUCES GOOD WORKS AND BEARS FRUIT FOR THE GLORY OF GOD.
PSALM 1:3
HE IS LIKE A TREE PLANTED BY STREAMS OF WATER THAT YIELDS FRUIT IN ITS SEASON, AND ITS LEAF DOES NOT WITHER. IN ALL THAT HE DOES HE PROSPERS.
THE ABOVE VERSE DESCRIBES THE MAN WHO DELIGHTS IN THE LAW OF THE LORD, MEDITATING ON THE SCRIPTURE DAY AND NIGHT. HE IS NOT SUCKED INTO THE COURSE OF THIS WORLD, BUT INSTEAD LIVES A LIFE FILLED WITH THE THINGS OF GOD. HE DELIGHTS IN THE WORD OF GOD AND MAKES IT HIS CONTINUAL FEAST.
WHAT RESULTS FROM SUCH A LIFE OF BIBLE LOVE? WHAT COMES FROM A LIFE WHICH PURSUES RIGHTEOUSNESS BY PURSUING GOD? THIS PERSON BECOMES LIKE A TREE, GROWING ALIVE AND FRUITFUL.
AND THE LIFE THEY DISPLAY NEVER FADES, FOR THE LEAF ON THIS TREE DOES NOT WITHER. EVERYTHING THEY DO PROSPERS.
BUT IF WE FOCUS FOR A MOMENT ON THE DESCRIPTION OF THE FRUIT.”HE IS LIKE A TREE…THAT YIELDS FRUIT IN ITS SEASON.”MOST TREES DO NOT BEAR FRUIT YEAR-ROUND BUT HAVE SEASONS FOR FRUITFULNESS. HUMANS WHO WALK WITH GOD, IT SEEMS, ARE THE SAME. WE HAVE SEASONS OF GREATER FRUITFULNESS THAN OTHERS.
PRAYER: FATHER GOD MAY I UNDERSTAND THE WAITING PERIOD AND NOT BE HASTY IN RUSHING FORWARD TO ACHIEVE THINGS IN LIFE WITHOUT CONSULTING YOU. MAY I TRUST YOU AND TAKE COUNCIL FROM YOU BEFORE MOVING AHEAD BUT MAY I ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU SPEAK IT IS FOR US TO MOVE IN FRUITFULNESS. MAY I DELIGHT IN YOUR LAW NOT ON THE PEOPLE OR THINGS OF THIS WORLD. MAY I MEDITATE ON YOUR WORD DAY AND NIGHT NOT ON THE THINGS AROUND ME. MAY I DELIGHT IN YOUR WORD AND MAKE IT A CONTINUAL FEAST. CLEAN MY EARS THAT I MAY LISTEN TO YOUR WORD AND NOTHING OTHER THAN THAT, IN JESUS NAME I PRAY AMEN AMEN AND AMEN.
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