The Word July 6, 2006
The Barren Fig Tree
Lesson Three:
The high expectations of the fig tree.
Mark 11: 12-14 (King James Version)
“And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, the 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.”
-As Jesus was walking, the scripture states that he was hungry. Being hungry comes with an expectation that we will be feed. Fig trees come with a high expectation. As stated before, when the leaves grow the fruit comes in at the same time. This fruit is about the size of a cherry and it has not yet reached its full potential. When the fruit reaches that point, some of it starts to fall to the ground. Even though the fruit has not reached its full potential, people will still eat it in its current state. However, the fruit that remains on the tree will reach its best varieties and ripe to perfection. When the fruit reaches this state it is known for its delicate flavor.
-There are many incidents in the Bible that talk about how the fig tree was taken away from people when they sinned against God. When Israel was unfaithful to God, He took away their fig (Jer. 5:17; Hos. 2:12; Amos 4:9). When Egypt was plagued, God took away their fig as well (ps. 105:33). There are high expectations for the fig tree, but why? Does the fig know what it is capable of producing? No, however, God knows what he put in the fig tree and He knows the level of fruit that it can produce.
-This is what God is doing to us. He knows what he put in us and He is pressing us to get fruit that is ripe to perfection.
“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,” II Corinthians 4:17.
For a better understanding read II Corinthians 4: 7-18.
“Lord, give me a clear understanding that I am being pressed in order to produce the ripe fruits of perfection that you put in me.”
The Barren Fig Tree
Lesson Three:
The high expectations of the fig tree.
Mark 11: 12-14 (King James Version)
“And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, the 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.”
-As Jesus was walking, the scripture states that he was hungry. Being hungry comes with an expectation that we will be feed. Fig trees come with a high expectation. As stated before, when the leaves grow the fruit comes in at the same time. This fruit is about the size of a cherry and it has not yet reached its full potential. When the fruit reaches that point, some of it starts to fall to the ground. Even though the fruit has not reached its full potential, people will still eat it in its current state. However, the fruit that remains on the tree will reach its best varieties and ripe to perfection. When the fruit reaches this state it is known for its delicate flavor.
-There are many incidents in the Bible that talk about how the fig tree was taken away from people when they sinned against God. When Israel was unfaithful to God, He took away their fig (Jer. 5:17; Hos. 2:12; Amos 4:9). When Egypt was plagued, God took away their fig as well (ps. 105:33). There are high expectations for the fig tree, but why? Does the fig know what it is capable of producing? No, however, God knows what he put in the fig tree and He knows the level of fruit that it can produce.
-This is what God is doing to us. He knows what he put in us and He is pressing us to get fruit that is ripe to perfection.
“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,” II Corinthians 4:17.
For a better understanding read II Corinthians 4: 7-18.
“Lord, give me a clear understanding that I am being pressed in order to produce the ripe fruits of perfection that you put in me.”
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