Fruit Stand

Don't you just love a fresh fruit stand! I've had a few passing thoughts of wanting to grow fresh fruit and vegetables myself but Mr. Bill says "no." Quite adamantly ... "no."  I’m pretty sure he has inside information on who the CEO would be!

 

We represent God's fruit stand! Jesus used the illustration of "growing things" to explain bearing fruit.  “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit." (John 12:24).  Living righteously displays Christ-like qualities and characteristics ... spiritual fruit.  Because of genuine faith in Christ and what He has done within, the genuine Believer’s life looks differently than the world: there are places we don’t go, things we don’t say, things we don’t watch, things we don’t listen to.  Furthermore, the serious disciple of Christ will have routines and habits the world does not!  A changed heart changes everything!  This kind of spiritual fruit is Christ-on-display and all glory His!  It's our opportunity, our responsibility, our obedience, our joy to be an array of Christ to the hopeless, the discouraged, the lost.  So, dear friend, how's your fruit stand?