Galatians 5.22
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
Paul used the image of clothing
(see yesterday) to the Galatians, but now he uses an even deeper image, that of
fruitfulness. The fruitfulness of a fruit tree is part of its nature. Apple
trees bear apples. Pear trees bear pears. We are called to be “Spirit of God” trees, who bear the fruit of the Spirit, enlivened
by God’s life within us.
·
What fruit have you borne today? What gets in the way
of your “fruitfulness” , making it hard
for you to be loving, joyful, peaceful, patient, kind, generous, faithful,
gentle and self-controlled?
No comments:
Post a Comment