Nearly a year since my last post. Sorry to all my loyal readers. As to where have I been? In a barren empty place, otherwise known as the wilderness.
Not much grows out there its a good place to to go when your fasting,
Anyhow I guess I've turned a corner cause I'm back in the cultivated lands again thinking about fruit.
During the hiatus I have obviously been keeping myself alive, existing at least in the flesh.
My flesh is alive because I have been feeding it, with various foods, spiritually I have been staving.
The purpose of a tree is to produce fruit. A lack of fruit is a lack of purpose. Empty branches leave a farmer wondering why He wasted his time tending to it. Fruit is the substance of the life of the plant, the real stuff, the pay off, and the climax.
I am hungry for this, the whole earth is madly seeking it. We need it and we've got to, got to, have it.
If we cant find it we try to replace it with the product of this world.
The problem with fake fruit is though, it has no substance, its hollow. It does not and can not satisfy.
A spirit to must have food to live, we find and eat this fruit then we are able to produce our own, and provide a harvest for others who have not.
Plants have their stages of early life and getting established but with maturity should come fruitfulness.
Joy is like the Sun (It vanishes in the night seasons) it rises in the morning and warms our souls, Its the light of life, It energizes and motivates. When we are given joy to eat it fills us and radiates from us. To produce it we must eat it, so where do we find this rare fruit?
In the garden of our father.
Joy comes from the restored relationship we can have with our Father though Jesus. Joy is found only in the presence of God, and his indwelling Spirit.
Adam lost his joy when he sinned and broke his relationship with the Father, He hid from His presence in a dark place, not able to bear the Light of His countenance. He was sent away from that beautiful place but he had already left in his heart, He could never be at home there with God until that sin was atoned for on the cross and He could be reconciled.
Because of Jesus we (the sons of Adam) are able to re-enter into the Garden of our lord and eat of its heavenly fruits again, including the tree of life. Joy comes down from above and cannot be manufactured from earthly materials. When we are made right with our Father again and can approach His presence again, when the shame of sin is taken from us and His Spirit fills us. Then we can become a outlet of Heaven on earth, re-producing the food of Heaven.
Others will see this fruit in our lives and desire it. As I said before all men desperately seek it. (the infamous 'God shaped hole')
Such treasures need to be shared with other hungry souls.
"Do you love me? Feed my sheep."
