“He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season”¦.” Psalm 1:3
As believers, we’re to be productive in our Christian lives. And as we are learning this week, God will enable and empower us if we will plant ourselves in Him and His Word.
The result? The fruit mentioned above”¦which is the fruit of the Spirit, or Christ-like character. It’s what Paul talks about in Galatians 5:22-23 when he says, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.”
Remember in the Gospel of Mark, Jesus cursed a fig tree that produced nothing but leaves. He cursed it because it bore no fruit. And God is inspecting our lives for spiritual fruit.
I want to challenge you to be a reproducer…a reproducing believer in Christ. Because a healthy body reproduces! And a healthy Christian will reproduce spiritual fruit: the fruit of character and the fruit of bringing people to Christ.
A TRUE MAN OR WOMAN OF GOD PRODUCES SPIRITUAL FRUIT.
