Fig Trees And Faith

 

He spoke in parables each day,
But this one He lived out.
There’s more to this than meets the eye…
Here’s what it’s all about.
 
The fig tree bears fruit in the spring
That ripens in the sun.
A second growth appears by fall,
When first harvest is done.
 
Even when winter claims its leaves,
The winter figs remain.
So, when the leaves burst out in spring
The winter fruit shows plain.
 
He knew when He came on that tree
With leaves, but without fruit,
That it would not bear figs again.
To argue that was moot.
 
He chose, instead, to make a point
About the fruit we bear.
Though we wave bright leaves in display,
We’d best have fruit to share.
 
Though we might proclaim we are His,
Without faith it’s a lie.
For when our faith takes root in Him,
Then our fruit will not die.
 
Yet, those who proffer a false faith
Can harm those who seek Him
By distracting them with false truths,
Leaves on a fruitless limb.

 

The fruit we bear by what we share
Should help His harvest grow,
And He will prune or uproot trees
Which bring His harvest low.
 
Let your roots run deep in His Word
And your faith grow each day,
That your fruit will bring Him such joy,
He’ll smile at its display.
 
Matthew 21:19
And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once.