[BRAIN FOOD]

Fruit for Thought
GALATIANS 5:16-26

     Have you ever seen a tree make an effort to produce fruit? Neither have I. The tree simply focuses on absorbing the nutrients it needs from the roots. It’s the same in our relationship with Jesus. We can’t produce the fruits of the Spirit out of our own effort to change, it comes naturally (John 15:5,8,16). As long as we are walking in the Spirit, we will have the Spirit flowing through our lives (Gal. 5:16).
     Here’s a really cool example. Enoch simply walked with God (Gen. 5:22-24). It doesn’t say that he tried to do anything extremely significant. Instead, Enoch made God his focus and friend in everything. And what did God do with that? He actually walked with Enoch! What would our lives look like if we were able to say, “I walk with God every moment of the day”? Shouldn’t that be our reality and mindset all the time? After all, Jesus said He would “never leave you nor forsake you” (Gen. 28:15; Heb. 13:5). How will I respond to that this week?

New Beginnings…

     After a little bit of deliberation on my part, and the kind suggestions of my peers, I decided a blog that outlined some more personal thoughts was definitely in order; not only because of the new year, but a change is happening in my life that was not on some sort of resolution: it simply is my new resolution for life. It is my hopes that my blog can get all of my readers thinking while feeling encourage, and the same time help me to organize my own thoughts clearly enough that I can be meditating on these things more (Psalm 1:1-3).