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God has been doing phenomenal things in my life. I am no longer the person that I used to be; God has changed me. I have been made whole. I have been through the fire. There have been many days were things appeared to be down and very few days that looked good. God rescued me in the middle of my storm. When we call on God, he will answer us. However, there was a greater blessing in the mist of all of this. It was the relationship that He established between us. I have a real relationship with God now. Like any relationship there is a give and take. One thing I had to give was my time (there are other things but I won’t go there today). I had to take the time to study my word. That is how we get to know God; by studying his word. This Blogger shares the lessons that God has taught me.

Monday, July 03, 2006

July 4, 2006

The Word July 4, 2006
The Barren Fig Tree

Lesson One:
Producing fruit in or out of your season.

Mark 11: 12-14 (King James Version)
“And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.”

-Upon doing some research on a fig tree, I learned that when a fig tree’s leaves start to grow the fruit grows at the same time. So when Jesus saw the tree with leaves, He was expecting to see some fruit on the tree. What is really interesting; is that the scriptures state that “the time of figs was not yet.” Meaning it was out of season and even though it was out of season it still had leaves. Since there were leaves, there should have been fruit.
-Relating this to ourselves, many of us have leaves with no fruit. The leaves would represent the title “ Christian”. Many of us claim to be Christian, however, there is no fruit in or out of season. So although the fig was out of season, Jesus was expecting fruit because there were leaves. A tree can produce fruit in its season, however, can it still produce fruit when it is out of season?
-When we are in a season of plentiful, it is easy to praise God and thank Him for all that He has done for us. On the other hand, when we are in a season of lack, it is not so easy to praise God and give Him the glory. Psalms 118:24 states, “This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” It does not say only in your season of plenty. It says this day. That is everyday. As a Christian, we are to product fruits of praise. So as long as we are wearing the leaves and calling ourselves Christians, then we need to produce the fruit and praise God in all of our seasons. “Lord, please help he to produce fruits of praise no matter what season I am in.”

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