FRUITS THAT REMAIN

DAY 153

Mark 11:13 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.

Today’s text is one that provokes a bit of an ethical dilemma. Let me walk you through the story: Jesus completes a trip to Bethany and is hungry, he sees the lush greenery of a fig tree and goes to it expecting fruits but found none. Thus, he made a declaration that resulted in the withering of this tree upon their return trip.

Scripture offers the fig tree a defence ‘it was not the season for figs’. Therefore, we would say it made perfect sense that there were only leaves but no fruit. So then ‘did Jesus overreact given the circumstances?’ I  thought so for a moment until Jeremiah 17:8 came to mind describing a kind of tree which is not only ever green, but also ever fruitful.

Yes, there is a kind of tree that bears fruit all season – not sometimes, half the time or most of the time, but all the time. The first thing God does after creating man was to bless them, the first statement of that blessing being ‘be fruitful’. Jesus is thus very stern when it comes to fruit bearing because the people in the world are constantly looking for fruits to draw them to Him.

What if their last opportunity was on the day they encounter you but you had no fruits to be seen? We are charged to bear fruits, fruits that remain. That is non- negotiable

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