Tag: Fruit of the Spirit

Tree of Life

“I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.” ‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭5‬ ‭NASB

Healing, Protection, Everlasting life

From Genesis to Revelation, the Tree of Life stands firm and strong as a wonderful through line.  It brings to us a great mental image and great expression of the fullness of God through Jesus Christ.  

The Tree of Life is full of meaning of healing, protection, everlasting life, and abundance of God’s great love.  The Tree of Life shows us harmony and togetherness with God through the image of roots, vines, branches, leaves, fruit and more.

The Tree of Life is represented in Jesus Christ. His life, death, and resurrection is the offering of healing, protection, and everlasting life. Jesus Christ is the promise, given to us by our Father God, seeded in the conveyance of Abraham’s personal heartfelt faith, which intently grew into blessings for his descendants, and the promise continued through to all the nations of the earth grafted in.

Jesus Christ, the branch of David, leads us from sin and death in Adam and Eve in the book of Genesis through to everlasting life as the way to healing of the nations in the book of Revelations.

The Vine

We, now being like trees with roots, branches, leaves and fruit are called by Jesus Christ to remain in Him who is the vine.  He causes us to survive and thrive with the fruit of the Spirit. He invites us to this transformation. 

In the Garden of Eden, where we so innocently once walked with God in His presence, and having access to the Tree of Life lived forever in peace with God, there we came to find ourselves in the midst of radical change- the regenerative plan of salvation through Jesus Christ. 

And though distanced from the Tree of Life in the book of Genesis, we press on to what lies ahead, having access to this grace in which we stand- the bountiful grace of God- which blooms the Tree of Life.  Be covered, eat, and be transformed by the Tree of Life that in revelation heals the nations.

It’s Not Small it’s Just Beginning 

“For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.”‭‭ Philippians‬ ‭1‬:‭6‬ ‭NASB

Birth Pangs

When Jesus spoke to His disciples about a future time before His second coming, He spoke of birth pangs.  The productive pain of something that is just beginning- or that has begun since the time of Jesus. A pain that leads to a positive result.  

We hold this pain in the form of a longing for the return of Jesus Christ, and this longing grows as we grow in Christ.  We can also relate to this pain in many varied ways.  In the birth of a child, the birth of aspirations, the birth of hope fulfilled.

“It’s not small it’s just beginning” is a call to remember that the desires of our hearts, which God knows more than we do, which leads to wisdom and understanding is beginning to grow or increase rapidly, as the state of the world also increases rapidly in conquest, division, economic changes, and demise.  Personal birth pangs and societal birth pangs are intensifying consecutively.  Small now, but just the beginning. 

Hope & A Future

For those who believe, Jesus offers us hope and a future. He offers us a time of maturation- a gestational period of development where our faith grows, and hope and love is made reality within us.  As Jesus covers us in His righteousness and protection, He fortifies and strengthens us, and prepares us for the pain of birth and sanctifies us in the process as we submit to His process. 

The birth pangs are real as they have been happening throughout the centuries.  And now we feel them too. They are collectively happening within and without. A course of reckoning of the state of things. He has always been preparing His church body- His bride, and the world for His coming. And He has indwelled within us the Holy Spirt, full of purpose and promise for His glory.