Does anyone else get a guilty feeling every time a speaker talks about doing something. Like you all need to bear fruit or wind souls or quit gossiping or whatever topic they are talking about. I do I could have not gossiped in a year and I still feel guilty about that I have no idea why but I do. The scriptures do this to me sometimes. As I think about it... that's okay. I am not perfect, I can always use a reminder of stepping up in whatever area of my life. The scripture that is constantly spinning around in my head is Matthew 7. When Jesus talks about Fruit what does he mean? Am I bearing fruit? I know I don't want to be cut down? Does this mean I need to work harder, read more, talk more, prepare more????? Maybe those are the wrong questions.
Matthew 7:16-20 (New International Version)
16By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
I honestly don't know what this means for my life yet, I don't know what it means for yours either. As I think about fruit though and trees producing it. Things need to be right internally. The roots and leaves have to be healthy to bear fruit. So I have to ask how are my roots? Is my faith deep in good soil? How are my leaves? Does my outward actions match my inward faith? If those are healthy the fruit will be come in season. I think sometimes I get thinking about why fruit isn't being produced in my life and honestly it just isn't the right season.
Let your self off the guilt trip, concentrate on being healthy. Truly healthy, Take a walk. Pray alongside a river or lake. Read the Bible in a different version than you are used to. Get healthy and in your season you will yield a huge harvest.
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