Monday Mark 11:12-14, 20-25
BIBLE PASSAGE ONE
BIBLE PASSAGE TWO
[Please read and meditate on the passages before (or after) reading the devotion.]
The fig tree was in full leaf, which promised at least some fruit on it, even if they were to be unripe, underdeveloped figs. But a hungry Jesus found absolutely no trace of figs on the tree. And so he “judges” the tree, that it would never have another opportunity to bear fruit and meet a person’s hunger again. Is this a Jesus that we never knew? Actually, this is the same Lord of love, yet it reminds the disciple/believer of a dire responsibility that is part of love. Jesus didn’t just come to save us from sin and hell, so that we would go to heaven. He wants to come into our lives and transform us from dry, thorny bushes into fruit-filled trees that feed the hungry. Two of these fruits are faith (that believes that God can feed the driest soul) and forgiveness (that cancels others’ wrongs against oneself just as God canceled our wrongs against Him), which are not meant for the tree (disciple) itself, but are meant to be given away to those who need it the most. Every opportunity to keep God’s fruit from showing in us is a missed opportunity. And one day, there will be no more opportunities.
Prayer: Gracious and loving God, this is a hard saying. It even frightens me a bit. But that’s not what you intend, do you, Lord? You want me to be reassured that you will always love me, but it’s a love I need to consciously and intentionally receive into my life by allowing it to work in me – because You are that Love. Your Word reminds me repeatedly that when I allow you to work in me, you will bear fruit in and through me. It’s as natural as a fig tree that, at the appropriate time, brings forth figs. Lord, forgive me when I don’t allow you full control of my life. Maybe those are the times fruit does not show. So my prayer is: More of you, less of me. Amen.
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BIBLE PASSAGE TWO
[Please read and meditate on the passages before (or after) reading the devotion.]
The fig tree was in full leaf, which promised at least some fruit on it, even if they were to be unripe, underdeveloped figs. But a hungry Jesus found absolutely no trace of figs on the tree. And so he “judges” the tree, that it would never have another opportunity to bear fruit and meet a person’s hunger again. Is this a Jesus that we never knew? Actually, this is the same Lord of love, yet it reminds the disciple/believer of a dire responsibility that is part of love. Jesus didn’t just come to save us from sin and hell, so that we would go to heaven. He wants to come into our lives and transform us from dry, thorny bushes into fruit-filled trees that feed the hungry. Two of these fruits are faith (that believes that God can feed the driest soul) and forgiveness (that cancels others’ wrongs against oneself just as God canceled our wrongs against Him), which are not meant for the tree (disciple) itself, but are meant to be given away to those who need it the most. Every opportunity to keep God’s fruit from showing in us is a missed opportunity. And one day, there will be no more opportunities.
Prayer: Gracious and loving God, this is a hard saying. It even frightens me a bit. But that’s not what you intend, do you, Lord? You want me to be reassured that you will always love me, but it’s a love I need to consciously and intentionally receive into my life by allowing it to work in me – because You are that Love. Your Word reminds me repeatedly that when I allow you to work in me, you will bear fruit in and through me. It’s as natural as a fig tree that, at the appropriate time, brings forth figs. Lord, forgive me when I don’t allow you full control of my life. Maybe those are the times fruit does not show. So my prayer is: More of you, less of me. Amen.
Song: CLICK HERE
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