RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL. YOU MUST KEEP BEARING FRUITS - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME PHD MONDAY, MAY 23RD 2016
He
spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard;
and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. Then said he unto the
dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this
fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? And he
answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig
about it, and dung it: And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that
thou shalt cut it down (Luke 13:6-9).
The
scripture above is a parable told by the Lord Jesus Christ with which He
emphasized the importance of fruitfulness in God's Kingdom. The owner of the
vineyard had come seeking fruit from a particular fig tree, but there was none.
Then he said to the vinedresser, "Cut it down." The vinedresser,
however, pleaded for more time to cultivate the tree some more, perhaps
eventually it'd produce fruits. Otherwise, it could be cut down.
The
tree was of no value in the vineyard if it wouldn't produce any fruits. In the
same way, the Christian is a tree of righteousness in the Lord's vineyard and
is expected to be productive (Isaiah 61:3). A Christian that's not producing
fruits of righteousness is like the fig tree which the owner of the vineyard
said should be cut down, and to which he said, *"...why cumbereth it the
ground?"* (Luke 13:7). In other words, why waste good ground for an
unproductive tree?
Some
Christians have been born again for a very long time, yet they've never led a
soul to Christ; they've never brought someone else to church. That's like the
unproductive fig tree. If perhaps, you've been that way, you must make a change
today! First, ask the Lord to forgive you. Then, ask the Holy Spirit to lead
and guide you to witness to someone today about Jesus Christ. Start from today
to tell others about Jesus, who He is to you, and His saving grace.
Paul
said, *"For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge,
that if one died for all, then were all dead"* (2 Corinthians 5:14). Be
passionate about bearing fruits for the Lord, because He desires that of you.
*PRAYER*
Dear
Father, I thank you for the opportunity to be inspired and instructed by your
Word. I'm like a well-watered garden, fruitful at all times. I'm the
fruit-bearing part of God's vine and I'm producing durable fruits; fruits of
righteousness, because I'm a tree of righteousness, in Jesus' Name. Amen.
*Further
Study:* *||* John 15:1-2 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that
beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. *||*
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John 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that
ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that
whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. *||*
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2 Corinthians 5:14-15 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus
judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15 And that he died for
all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto
him which died for them, and rose again. *||*
*Daily
Scripture Reading*
*1-Year
Bible Reading Plan:* John 11:1-16,
2 Kings 10-12
2 Kings 10-12
*2-Year
Bible Reading Plan:* 1 Corinthians 11:30-34,
Proverbs 19
Proverbs 19
*EXTRACT FROM: Rhapsody of Realities Daily Devotional*
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