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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