New Season – More Fruit
Beloved,
This morning I was in the garden collecting blackberries to add to my banana and egg pancake—it tastes so nice, almost like a muffin.
However, all the dead and withered branches were blocking me from reaching the fruit. So I got to pruning…
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples
— John 15.1-8
Prune Dead Branches
The word on Sunday was about times and seasons. Sometimes God calls us into a new season by first asking us to remove the old things that no longer produce fruit in our lives.
It may be an old habit, a mindset, a way of thinking, an unhealthy relationship, or anything that hinders your walk with Christ. The invitation is simple: cut it off so that new life can grow.
A New Perspective
As I was pruning some branches, the Lord showed me something. Once the dead and overgrown branches were removed, I had a completely different view. From a new angle, I could suddenly see fruit that had been hidden all along.
Sometimes old things hide the new things God is doing. We become comfortable with what is familiar, even when it no longer bears fruit. But when we allow the Lord to prune our lives, He gives us fresh vision, new growth, and reveals blessings that were there all along but hidden behind what needed to be removed.
“Every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.”
— John 15:2
Short Prayer:
Lord, show me anything in my life that no longer bears fruit. Give me the courage to let go of the old, embrace the new season You have prepared, and help me bear even more fruit for Your glory. Amen.]
Beloved of God,
Make those changes today. Don’t hesitate or procrastinate. Don’t let this message become redundant—take action. Write it down and start the pruning.
Bless the Lord, who has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.
Christ in us, the hope of glory.
Live the life Christ died to give you with purpose.
He also spoke this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it
use up the ground?’ But he answered and said to him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it. And if it bears fruit, well. But if not, after that you can cut it down.’ ”
— Luke 13.8