THE ROOT DETERMINES THE FRUIT
People are judged based on the fruit of their life, but do you know that it is the root that determines the fruit? Listen to the words of Jesus regarding this subject.
Matthew 7:16-20 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes,or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by theirfruityou will recognize them.
“A tree is identified by its fruit. If a tree is good, its fruit will be good. If a tree is bad, its fruit will be bad.” Matthew 12:33 NLT
Good fruit is the byproduct of a good root. Therefore, what your life is connected to is what will determine your outcome. Again, listen to Jesus words.
John 15:4-8 Remain in me, and I will remaininyou. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain inme. "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart frommeyou can do nothing. If anyone does not remaininme, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain inme andmy words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
Too often, people are trying to deal with the fruit of their life not recognizing that the only way to deal with their fruit is to deal with the root. You must focus all your energies on believing right and doing right will be the natural byproduct. As Colossians chapter 3 says, we must set our mind, heart and affections on things above. When we stay connected to the truth of God in our minds and hearts, right living will naturally flow through us. Now is the time to live a life connected to and focused on God! Now is your time to have more of the fruit of God flowing through your life through implementing this principle…