DAY 7 FRUITFUL IN ALL SEASONS

You want to be fruitful, useful and intentional. You want to live a God filled life where you are able to serve Him in a way that gives Him the best honour and worship.Great, but what if the method of doing these things don’t match what you’re able to do right now? For some of you, you want to do something big, something grand- for some others it’s something behind the scenes, something that doesn’t cause too much attention. Either of these come from pure intentions but now you find yourself in a season that feels very uncomfortable – this is no mistake or error, this is how it is meant to be.

Being fruitful requires depth. You’re a seed in this earth. In saying that, it’s important to understand the difference between being buried, and being planted. Buried is to just put something underground with no intention but to be hidden. Whereas planted is to be placed underground at a depth with full intention. Prioritising placement for growth and production of fruit in the most optimum position.

So a couple of questions to consider now: “What do you produce?” and “What do you want to produce?”. Because the size and the health of the things you produce is dependent on the nutrients- what you feed yourself and the atmosphere. Yesterday you learnt about ‘atmosphere’ and I pray you continue to develop that, however what you now need to learn is how to grow from the place you are planted.

The key to attaining as much nutrients as you can where you’re planted is by going deeper. You must continue to go deeper into the soil to attain more nutrients. You can’t get stuck at a shallow depth like that of a bonsai tree. If you have time, compare a bonsai tree’s breed to a version of itself when it’s not a bonsai, and you will see the potential that tree had of growing into something far larger and more fruitful. Likewise, if you’re planted at a shallow level, you’re a fraction of the size you’re intended to be; deprived of the space and nutrients to grow. 

Your evidence of your health in where you’re planted is in your fruits. Fruitfulness is not a mood or scheduled thing in our lives, it’s a conviction in our hearts. God will not make a demand where he did not make a deposit- He will not set you up for failure.You are planted and intended to be fruitful in all seasons. Your calling isn’t found in the future, it’s found today and what’s around you. For some of you you’re called to be a Mother, a Father. For others you’re called to be a Pastor, a Leader, a Husband, a Wife, a Brother, a Sister. Be intentional with what you’re called to be right now. Because the people around you need your blessing today- not tomorrow. 

At the end of the day how sure are you that God will take that path to get to where you’re called to be? Rather than getting lost in the detail, God wants you to be fruitful in every season. Whether you understand things or not, God is wanting to draw out of you a level of trust that is not placed in your own understanding but onto His. I assure you with a reminder that God is all knowing, all powerful and is in the past, present and future, and so if it’s challenge for you to trust in Him knowing all these things- perhaps what the difficulty is in your life isn’t trusting in Him, but you may need to let go of the desire to control every situation in your life, or to stop believing you can manage your life better than God. Don’t forget, He is for you and not against you.