THE FRUIT NEVER LIES

20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Matthew 7:20

Jesus was teaching here about the fruit that is borne by a person's life. This fruit might include a person's deeds, actions, moral character, and behavior or the output of the person's work. What Jesus was ultimately telling us was to watch the by products of what proceeds out of a persons mouth, which come from the mind and the heart. This is what reveals what is inside a person. We can make quite a discovery about people if we will take the time to carefully observe their lives! If you want to know what is inside a person, just observe his attitudes and how he relates to other people. His fruit will tell you the truth about who he really is. Good fruit belongs to good trees, and bad fruit belongs to bad trees. It's that simple. The fruit never lies.

A tree that looks good and stout and strong and be very impressive looking may produce deadly fruit. One of the things to consider also is that maybe the fruit is not ready for picking yet. Timing is very important when it comes to harvesting good fruit. It's all about timing. I've seen people go out and minister for the Lord and really they are not ready yet! If the fruit is picked before it is ready it can leave a bitter taste.

Waiting upon the Lord is so important in our walk with the Lord. Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Maybe your fruit needs to be refreshed, or renewed! WAIT UPON THE LORD. He does the correct ripening. Allow the Word of God to minister His fruit to you. Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

You're the temple of God; fill yourself with the correct fruit. They never go bad!

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