It just has to be. It doesn’t have to strategize and schedule and strain to bear its fruit. It just has to sit. Soak in the light of the sun, absorb the water and nutrients of the soil, and settle into the rhythm of the seasons.
For a tree to begin to do otherwise would mean the end of the tree. It would mean attempting to be something other than it was created to be.
So it is with us humans.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23
We were created to bear such fruit, because it’s the kind of fruit the Creator bears. Not by our strategizing, scheduling, and straining, but by God’s Spirit. By soaking in the light of his sun, by absorbing the water and nutrients of his soil, by settling into the rhythm of his seasons.
This is at the root (pun intended!) of what it means to be a human being rather than a human doing.
Take a moment to prayerfully plant yourself in God’s Spirit. Which of these fruits do you most deeply desire to see borne on the branches of your life today?
