Too Much Fruit

The Planting of the Lord

By William M. Self, Sr.

 

 

Fruit trees like to produce too much fruit

The fruit becomes dwarfed and the weight can break the branch

Remove the things that keep you from

Producing perfect Fruits of Righteousness

 

Too Much Fruit

This was an exciting year for one of my plum trees.

In the spring, it had lots of blossoms.

It seemed every blossom produced a plum.

Every limb was producing fruit.

As the fruit reached the size of a large marble,

 the limbs began to sag.

One strong limb even broke.

Some of the plumbs turned purple, but

were not much larger than the seed inside it.

I picked all the plumbs that were turning colors.

This gave opportunity for the

 other plumbs to grow larger.

I am learning many valuable

 lessons from my fruit trees.

This tree was producing fruit

in every area of its life…

But could not support it.

I have many times questioned God as to why

 I could not do more of the dreams in my life.

They were beautiful dreams

that would bring glory to God.

But it seemed God cut off that branch.

Or, He picked the bloom or young fruit.

As human nature goes,

I was focused on what I lost.

I could not see at the time God was making

 room for me to produce larger, healthier fruit.

Life is wonderful, but we must

 learn which fruit to focus on.

We have many areas of life,

 like the many limbs of a tree.

For you and I those limbs represent

family, church, work, etc.

Each year we need to look at which

 fruits we will give our attention to.

This means we may have to

 cut back on some things.

It may mean God will remove

some things from your life…

So you can focus on quality, not quantity.

Let’s produce perfect Fruits of Righteousness. 

 

Scripture Reading

 Isaiah 61:3 NIV

They will be called oaks of righteousness,

a planting of the Lord

Philippians 1:9-11 NIV

9 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ — to the glory and praise of God.