Holy Tuesday
Matthew 21:18 Early in the morning, as Jesus was on His way back to the city, He was hungry. Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then He said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered.
A beautiful thing that bore no fruit. John, who was with Jesus at this time, knew and specifically wrote that the tree had leaves. The tree was not diseased, attacked by locusts or other insects. It had all the components it needed to produce fruit, yet none was there. It was ornamental only, using resources, yet producing nothing of substance and worth.
Is our Christianity ornamental only? Have we feathered our nest with our resources, made ourselves comfortable with a design that forbids others to ask in need? Jesus took action against such status and the book of Revelation teaches again the danger of spiritual contentment. It is the first cancer of spiritual death. Grow, but serve too! Meet the need of light in this very dark world. MAKE SOME FRUIT!….love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, self-control………