“But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our
lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Those who
belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful
nature to his cross and crucified them there” (Galatians 5:22-24, NLT).
In order for a tree to produce fruit in its season that is
tender in its consistency, luscious and delicious in its taste, vibrant in its
coloration and satisfying in the eating; there must be a gathering in of the
days occurring in the season. In the gathering
of the days, the tree must take in the awakening and renewal of life in the heady
pollination days. It must pull in moisture through its leaves and roots on both
generous days of falling rain drops and days of the soft blanketing of the dew in
the dawn. It must take in the warmth of sunny afternoons for growth to develop
out from the core to build bulk and substance.
The season is completed as the time in the days both sustains and embodies
the fruit of the days in its ripen and completed purpose.
The Spirit of God creates and gives us new life as fruit in
the seasons of our living. We are recreated in a new life in the Holy Spirit by
an awakening of our spirit to the work of God in us. The days of our living in
the Spirit must pull in the moisture of God’s purposeful direction in teaching
and conviction. We must let the warmth of the light of the Spirit grow out from
the core of our being as we become full of the substance of the Spirit. The
days of our being sustained and embodied by the Spirit will then be gathered
together to produce a ripened fruit that is vibrant, tender, wonderful and satisfying.
The “Fruit of the Spirit” is not instantly produced nor does
it happen by our human efforts but the “Fruit of the Spirit,” occurs as the
days of our lives are prayerfully yielded to the transforming change and growth
the Holy Spirit creates and crafts over the seasons in our living. All of our days are preciously given by the
grace of our Savior. Yet for the fruit produced as the result of all our days
to be the “Fruit of the Spirit,” our days must be yielded to the Holy Spirit’s directing
and changing our living in each day as we die to our own selfish natures. There
can be no greater legacy of our living out the days of our lives than for those
days to be as trees; full and heavy in their seasons with the “Fruit of the
Spirit.”
Suggested Reading … Galatians 5
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