My kids won’t eat a brown banana. They don’t like a peach or an apple with a bruise. They really like fruit that looks good. I have to admit that I like good looking fruit too! I guess that proves the saying that the fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree! We all know that fruit can be under ripe and hard or bitter, or it can be over ripe and soft and oversweet, or even fermented and moldy. Under ripe, green bananas taste like cardboard. An under ripe apple can be very sour, and could make you spend a lot of time in the bathroom —- if you know what I mean. The best kind of fruit we like to eat, is fruit that is perfectly ripe, and beautiful!
God likes beautiful fruit too! In fact, He likes fruit so much that he told each of us to be fruitful. That can mean several different things, but for the most part, He wants us to achieve our goals, and reach our potential. Potential is a result of doing something with what you have. The Bible talks about the Word of God as a seed. We all have access to a Bible and it is full of seeds. When we plant those seeds in our heart, all of the potential God put on the inside of us, can come to pass. It is up to us to put the seed in. Then it needs to be watered (with the water of the Word), the sun (Son) needs to shine on it, and we need to pull out the weeds around it (get rid of evil influences around us). Then the fruit of our life can be what God planned, and your potential can be actualized.
In the life of your family, is the fruit falling close to the tree? Remember your kids don’t do what you tell them, they do what you do! Set a good example. Operate in the fruit of the spirit, and make your family and home life the best it can be. If you’ve been fruitful and multiplied (!!), let’s do our best with the lives God has entrusted to us. If we produced perfectly ripe, beautiful fruit from our lives, it is very likely your kids will have all the tools they need to produce perfectly, ripe, beautiful fruit from their lives too.
Actualize all that potential – It starts with a seed!
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