APPLE TREES ONLY GROW APPLES. JUST BLEW YOUR MIND, DIDN’T I? ORANGE TREES DON’T GROW APPLES.
I’M DROPPIN' KNOWLEDGE BOMBS TODAY, PEOPLE. OKAY, WHY AM I BEING SO BASIC? WE KNOW THAT IN NATURE, FRUIT IS DETERMINED BY THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE TREE.
SAME FOR US. YOU AND I GROW FRUIT IN OUR LIVES BASED ON WHAT WE ARE CONNECTED TO. IF I’M PRIMARILY CONNECTED WITH WORK, I GROW THE FRUITS OF WORK.
I MIGHT GROW ANXIETY, STRESS, SOME HAPPINESS, MAYBE A LITTLE PRIDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS. IT’S JUST HOW IT WORKS. JOHN SAYS THAT JESUS TOLD THE BOYS IN JOHN 15 THAT IF WE WANT TO GROW JESUS FRUIT WE HAVE TO STAY CONNECTED TO JESUS.
WHAT'S JESUS FRUIT? WELL, WE KNOW FROM GALATIANS 5:22-23 THAT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS AND SELF-CONTROL. IF WE WANT THAT FRUIT, WE STAY CONNECTED TO JESUS.
THIS FRUIT IN OUR LIVES IS AWESOME BECAUSE TREES DON’T EAT THEIR OWN FRUIT. THEY GROW IT FOR OTHERS, GIVING PURPOSE TO THE TREE. IF ORANGE TREES COULD SMILE, I THINK THEY'D SMILE EVERY TIME SOMEONE ENJOYED THEIR FRUIT.
WE GET TO SMILE, TOO, AS WE STAY CONNECTED TO JESUS, BECAUSE WE GROW JESUS FRUIT LIKE LOVE AND JOY AND PEACE AND PATIENCE AND KINDNESS, AND GOODNESS AND GENTLENESS AND SELF-CONTROL. AND THEN, WHEN THE WORLD NEEDS THOSE THINGS, WE HAVE IT GROWING IN OUR LIVES TO GIVE AWAY FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS, WHICH GIVES OUR LIVES INCREDIBLE PURPOSE. YOU WANT PURPOSE IN YOUR LIFE?
STAY CLOSE TO JESUS AND YOU’LL GROW FRUIT THAT THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS.
