No Fruit

 

Planting of the Lord

By William M. Self, Sr.

 

 

Fruit trees that do not bear fruit

Are trees that are concerned with producing

More wood than fruit

They look good but don’t do good

Blossom today – do the right thing

So you can bear fruit

No Fruit

A couple of years ago I planted some fruit trees.

I had to plant two plum trees in order to get plums.

These trees must cross pollinate with another plum tree.

The one tree is growing much fuller.

The fuller tree has not produced fruit

and very few buds the last two springs.

 

The other tree 15 feet away, produces

 lots of buds and lots of fruit.

The other day I looked at the tree

that does not produce fruit.

I found myself angry that it was not doing

 what I bought and planted it for.

It is a very good looking tree, but my first

 thought was to cut it down and get another tree.

After doing a little research, I found the tree

 may be getting too much fertilizer or I may not

 have been aggressive enough in my pruning.

The point is I am going to

give the tree another year.

My tree is more concerned with

 producing wood then fruit.

 

 

 

More concerned with looking

 good than bearing fruit.

Jesus tells a parable about a tree just like my tree.

In His parable, you can see the Gardner is

more concerned with fruit than looks.

The Gardner agrees to give grace and give

the tree another year to produce fruit.

Every day you and I are given

opportunities to blossom…

To do the right thing.

Blossoms are short lived

unlike the limbs and leaves.

   

Doing the right thing counts.

Without it we will not have fruit.

You know the right thing to do today…

Your limbs and leaves show it.

So now do what is right that you

 might blossom and bear fruit.

 

Scripture Reading

 Isaiah 61:3 NIV

They will be called oaks of righteousness,

a planting of the Lord

Luke 13:6-9 NIV

6 Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. 7 So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, 'For three years now I've been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?'

8 "'Sir,' the man replied, 'leave it alone for one more year, and I'll dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.'"