Last Sunday our friend Alissa showed one of her paintings at church. It showed trees in a winter world bearing fruit. First I was thinking fruit in a winter season that doesn’t make any sense. But then thinking more about it, it made perfect sense. God calls us to be fruitful in every season. Remember the story of Jesus and the fig tree in Mark 11.12-21. The tree didn’t have fruit and Jesus was upset to the point that he cursed the tree not to carry fruit ever again. When we look at that example we see that we are called to have fruit in every moment, even if it is out of season. But how does that work? I think sometimes we believe that we can only bring fruit if we are perfectly positioned, if everything works well, if we have all the knowledge and money needed and we are at our best. If that would be true we would never bring any fruit. The bible talks about that when we are weak we are strong.
As an example: When you go through a hard season in your life, don’t hide, instead be real about it. Through that you are actually helping others to do the same and you are both able to pray for each other and help each other. I agree with people saying that you can pull each other down in a situation like that, but if that happens I would ask you the question where did you put your focus on. If we would hide we literally would not bring any fruit, and we would bring ourselves down. But if we are real about it, God can actually bring fruit out of a situation by bringing healing to both people that stand with each other.
So seeing fruit in each season doesn’t mean that each fruit looks the same. In certain seasons you might see many people being saved by you ministering to them. In others you might just lay a seed and see little progress in their lives. But let me tell you each of those processes or fruits are important. So its important that each moment of our life we are walking in that truth.
Our lives always have to reflect the one we follow and our eyes always have to be on Him.
When that happens it is impossible to not bring fruit. We want to invite you to think about areas in your life were you have to refocus to bring fruit.
Hey our friend
How are you doing? Send us a quick update on your life. The last week here has been exciting. We had a German night at our house which was a lot of fun and a great encouragement group. It was great to see how people could help each other and bring each other hope. This week on Tuesday we are sharing with our DTS about how to use the things they learned in their own communities back home. Pray that God will guide them and gives them perseverance to bring more of the things he taught them to others and so that they could grow as well.
Thank you for partnering with us! You are such a blessing!!
God bless you
Markus and Jen