The Greatest Fruit

July 29

"My true disciples produce much fruit. This brings great glory to my Father." John 15:8

KNOWN BY THEIR FRUIT

What sort of fruit is your life exhibiting? By what are you known? Is it by the fruits of the Holy Spirit, or by the fruits of a different spirit?

Instead of love in your life, is there hatred, or bitterness, or prejudice? Are you full of joy, or is there a cloud of gloom and doom over your head? Are you generating turmoil around you -- or peace?

Do people describe you as patient -- or short-tempered? How hard-hearted are you -- or kind? Do you take moral shortcuts -- or are you good and true?

Are you plagued by worry -- or do you live by faith? Do you bully to get your way -- or are you gentle? Do you give in to your passions -- or do you exercise self-control for the greater good?

I want you to know I'm asking myself these questions too. None of us is completely free of ego!

Remember, Jesus said people would know we are His disciples by their fruit. So, what sort of fruit is your life producing? -- Mike Huckabee


Without fruit, life can’t go on. Seeds are planted with the expectation that they will produce much fruit, that the farmer will reap a bountiful harvest. When that doesn’t happen, when there is drought or blight or infestation, people suffer greatly from the lack.

If the cycle of sowing and reaping does not come to its desired conclusion, not only do poor people starve but wealthy people are required to pay exorbitant rates for the limited supply of food that is available. Nobody escapes the consequences of crop failure.

When believers neglect to sow the seeds of truth and faith and love that the Lord has entrusted us to scatter among the lost, there becomes a dirth of salvation, of hope, of kindness, of compassion, for everything that Jesus is must come to fruition in us, in those who profess to know Him and embrace Him as Lord.

In John 15:8, Jesus states clearly, “When you produce much fruit, you are My disciples and this brings glory to My Father.” We are motivated to scatter these precious seeds because we were blessed to receive them. We believe the truth the Lord stated in John 13:35, “All men shall know you are My disciples by your love.” And we know love is the greatest fruit of all that grow in the garden of faith (I Corinthians 13:8).