Monday, January 9, 2012

[BRAIN FOOD]

Fruit for Thoughtimage
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?

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