What is your favorite fruit? Still hard to decide between them all? Just imagine for a moment, you're standing in front of this marvelous apple tree. Already tasting the sweetness of the apple before picking one, but as soon as you reach for the apple, you come to find that it is rotten, and not only one, but all the other apples on the tree. How disappointing...
Do you know that the desire of My heart is for you to bear fruit? I want you to be filled with My joy and love so that when others spend time with you, they can taste and see that I am good because it is My Spirit working in and through you.
"If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples."
John 15:7-8 (NIV)
"You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. This is my command: Love each other."
John 15:16-17 (NIV)
In what condition is your fruit? It's one thing to be planted in fertile soil but whom are you allowing to water your grounds? Feel a bit malnourished?
My child, it's important to understand that the laws of nature aren't so much different from what happens in the Spirit. If you want to bear quality fruit, then you have to invest in quality care and nutrition. In whom and in what are you investing your time? By the looks of you're fruit it's not so hard to see.
What am I saying with fruit My child, well I'm referring to the fruit of the Spirit, the fruit that I want you to bear. If you remain in Me, as I remain in the Father (John 14:11), and if you fill yourself with My Spirit; the best nutrition - then you will bear the following fruit: love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (Galatians 5:22).
It's when the winds of life start blowing and the pressure is turned on a notch that we can see what apples are falling off from your tree. Seasons change, yes kid, you are right, but the condition of your heart and your roots doesn't have to, it shouldn't have an influence when you are planted in the true vine.
See, it's not so much about what you do, it's more about how much of your life are you willing to surrender to Me? Take a moment just to think it through. It's never been about striving to be better, but rather just resting in what I have already done for you and accepting that.
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 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."
John 15:1 (NIV)
So from here on end, what are you filling your thoughts with? Does it feel like the emotions are becoming just too much to handle? Have you given them over to Me or are you rather listening to songs and conversations that just keep on feeding those emotions?
“So above all, constantly seek God’s kingdom and his righteousness, then all these less important things will be given to you abundantly."
Matthew 6:33 (TPT)
A lot of questions today, but the question that remains is: What now? What are you going to do about it?
Choose
Choose Me. I am the way, the truth, and the life (John 14), with Me you will lack nothing.
Choose wisely what and in whom you invest your time.
Night’s darkness is dissolving away as a new day of destiny dawns. So we must once and for all strip away what is done in the shadows of darkness, removing it like filthy clothes. And once and for all we clothe ourselves with the radiance of light as our weapon.
Roman 13:12 (TPT)
Choose to fill your thoughts with the following: whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things (Philippians 4:8).
So with any tree that bears fruit, there is also a process that it has to go through for quality and pest control. In the spiritual realm, it is called sanctification which is to set yourself apart or to consecrate yourself to Me. The way to do it is to remain in My Word which is truth itself. I want you to fill yourself with truth so that when the lies of the enemy come, you can differentiate between what is a lie and what is truth.
Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
John 17:17-19 (NIV)
Remain in Me dear child, and bear fruit for the world to see that I am good, that I am the way, truth, and the life, and that I desire healing, hope, and love for My children.
I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”
John 17:26 (NIV)
Love you, always and forever,
Dad
One Thing Remains - Brian Johnson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGnpWo9SLuk)
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