Root To
Fruit!
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.
Against such there is no
law."
Galatians 5: 22-23
Every gardener knows two things: The fruit depends
on the root, and fruit
happens naturally. Fruit can't be
“willed” to appear. “Root” refers to the kind of plant it
is—tomato, squash, bean, or other plant.
Plants naturally produce their own kind of fruit,
not the fruit of a different plant. And healthy plants
naturally produce their fruit; it cannot be forced to
appear.
In spiritual terms, the New Testament speaks of both
root and fruit. In Colossians 2:7, Paul wrote that we're
“rooted and built up in [Christ].” In other words, we are
in Christ, born again to become different beings than
we were
before.
In plant terms, whatever fruit Christ
produced in His life,
we should reproduce in our life. Paul also wrote of that
fruit, calling it “the fruit of the Spirit” (Galatians 5:22-23).
That fruit cannot be willed into existence by us.
It is the result of the Spirit living in us.
If you want to manifest love, joy, peace, and other
attributes of Christ, you must be rooted in Him by
faith. Make it a priority to demonstrate the fruit
of
the Spirit to others today.
"Fruit is evidence of the root."
John Blanchard