Fruit Trees

25 October 2010.

Matthew 7:16 You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?

This weekend I have been spending time with the citrus trees, at Linga Longa we must have about 50 trees in the orchard. For many years these trees have been neglected, yet faithfully every year they have born fruit. Some of them are very old, yet this does not deter them, faithfully they continue, in fact some of the older trees produce a better quality fruit.

This year we are watering these trees regularly and they have now been given some Epson salts and fertiliser, each tree has also been mulched. It is amazing to see the response, just by being watered, I cannot wait to see how they respond to the special treatment they have received. I suppose many of us are like the orange tree, we produce our fruit and very often we are neglected and the fruit is left to decay on the branches.  But this does not go unnoticed by the Gardener and even though people may not feed us or water us, God does through the providence of His blessing rain in our life. Just because we feel neglected, does not mean that we do not produce fruit, we produce fruit in response to what God has given us, not what the world has. The world eats our fruit when we offer it, but we need to offer it in order for new plants to grow in the seed carried in our fruit.

Be encouraged today to know that you bear fruit.

David

Point to ponder: We produce fruit in who we are.

Question to consider:  What fruit do you bear?

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