NOT LITERALLY, BUT “ONE MORE YEAR”

The Gospel text from Luke 13:1-9, recalls the account of a dissapointed vineyard owner whose fig tree had failed to yield any fruit after three years of waiting. His disappointment prompted a suggestion to the dresser of the vineyard to cut down this ‘unproductive’ tree. The owner wanted fruits, not green leaves and branches.

However, it is the response of the vineyard dresser that is our call to action “

Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down(vs 9)

This is what we have to grasp: God is eternal, but while on earth, man lives in time. So even though time is of no concern to God, a man can run out of time. Many people are in that ‘this year also’ or ‘one more year period.’ Not directly referring to a measure of time, but a window of opportunity within which specific achievements and tasks should have been clocked. After this period, a cutting down is indeed to be expected if no change happens.

Beloved, when that window of opportunity opens, God whispers “I am watching, I am waiting, and angels are holding their breath, so see which way you would go and which actions you will take. But I desire that you bear fruits”.

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we are to occupy till He comes, and that is very different from simply ‘taking up space’.

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