Living A Life That Produces
A clear pattern exists throughout scripture that is linked to effectively bearing fruit. It is seen in the widow woman casting into the treasury her two mites, in Hannah, who offers her son Samuel unto the Lord, and in the little lad who offers his five barley loaves and two fish. This pattern tells us to offer what you have wholeheartedly and God will bring the increase.
God brings us to a point in our life where we have to decide if we're going to allow Him to reign and have control over our whole life, or if we will go back to our comfortable ways, "back to Moab." We have to acknowledge that God has done great things in our life, and for us to be fruitful, we must rejoice in our Lord and Savior; to be obedient and follow after all of His ways. Luke 1:53 says, "He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away." We have no idea what lies ahead but if we trust God, and His faithfulness, and do not turn back to the old ways, he will take us places and cause us to bear fruit we never thought possible. Are we ready to truly understand, follow, obey the Word? If we allow God - he will show us. What kind of song will you sing (O barren)? What kind of life will you lead?
In John 14:15, Jesus says, "If ye love me, keep my commandments." These words of Jesus speak directly to the heart of what it means to be a disciple. The simple command is the key to our lives "bearing much fruit!"
John chapter 15, verse 2, tells us that God is the husbandman which means vine dresser or gardener. As a loving, vine dresser, he will come and either “take away” the dead branches or prune the fruitful ones. Which will you be?
In John 15, verse one, Jesus declares himself to be the true vine. This means He alone is the source of strength, grace, and divine nourishment that believers need in order for our lives to produce spiritual fruit. The question is, "Are you being fruitful?"
