Luke 13:7 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?’ (NIV)
We humans are very good at putting off until tomorrow what should be done today. We have the idea that there is always a tomorrow. God expects us to bear fruit. That is why He leaves us here after we accept Jesus, His Son, as our Lord and Savior and are adopted as God’s children. Our question is, are we bearing fruit? Are we so busy with our own agenda that God’s agenda for us is put on hold for tomorrow? We must be sure we are rooted in good soil (rooted in the written Word of God) and then praying and listening to God through the Holy Spirit, going about ministering His love and His word. We are to be sharing the fruit of His Holy Spirit: Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Let’s not put off to tomorrow the fruit God gives us to share today.