Have you ever seen a tree that had tons of fruit?  Fruit doesn’t happen by accident.  It is a result of a healthy tree that has everything that it needs to produce the fruit.  Fruit is the natural result of a healthy tree or plant.  The same thing is true in our spiritual lives.  Jesus has given us everything that we need to produce fruit.  Spiritual fruit ion our lives is the natural result of a healthy spiritual life.  Let’s look at Jesus’ words about this in John 15.

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

Jesus is telling us that the closer we remain to Him the healthier we will be and the more fruit that our lives will produce.  I’m sure we all can relate to times in our life where we have felt spiritually dry and as a result, not very fruitful.  Times when God has produced fruit in our lives are times when we have been closer to Jesus.  Seek to spend time today and each day in the presence of Jesus and watch and see the fruit that He produces in and through your life.

In His Grip,
Pastor Dave