Wednesday night message

What a great evening at the House of God. My message was about how Christ wants us to be good stewerds of fruit. I used the parable in Luke 13: 6-9 where Jesus spoke of the barren fig tree. As the owner of the tree continued to check the tree, for three years, he grew weary of the unfruitful condition of the tree and told the keeper to "cut it down". Not only was it unfruitful, but, it was also causing a problem with the ground, and affecting the vines in the vineyard. You see that when he uses the word "cumbered". However the condition, the keeper wanted to give the tree yet another chance and dig around it and "dung it", and how after this new nutrient was put to the root, to wait another year and see if would finally bear fruit.

How amazing the comparison that Jesus gave in relation to the fig tree of our own lives as well. How he gives chance after chance to bear fruit and how disappointed he is when he checks the tree and finds no fruit. We know that the Lord is forbearing and how he continually gives us the tools to bring forth friut, but we do not use the very tools that he gives. As the keeper, Christ will eventually begin to dig around the roots and condition the root. This may be in the form of a trial, or could be in the form of an illness, whatever he has to do to condition our root, he will do. He loves us enough to give us the opportunity to correct the situation before he has to intercede, but, I find that he loves us even more when he takes the time to condition the root. How amazing Christ really is to his childeren!!!

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