Thou Shalt Secure the Fruit

By Sis. Rebecca Orimoloye

Our God is an Investor. Not just an ordinary Investor but the greatest Investor. The scriptures are littered with examples of God’s investment.

In John 3:16, He gave His only begotten son (investment) so through Him, the world may be saved (expected return). Are you aware that your creation is an investment by God? Gen 1:26-28 backs this up. 

The creation of man in His image was a direct investment in mankind. Nothing else that was created can be likened to God, the Creator. His expected return is for fruitfulness, multiplication, dominion, etc Our God, as the Great Investor is looking out for a return on His investment or ROI.

As God’s investment, one of our ROI to Him is our fruits. A fruit is a product of a plant or a tree, such as mango, apple, etc.  Jesus, in John 15:1-2, admonished His disciples that “I am the true vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser.

Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away (write off); and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit (reinvestment).” It is then a great wonder to note many of “ His children”  today are either unfruitful and bearing bad fruits.

In Matthew 7:16, the bible says “By their fruits, you shall know them”.  Your fruit is your essence and your virtue. When people think of you, your fruit is usually the first thing that comes to their mind.

We think of Bill Gates and we think Microsoft, Steve Jobs and we think Apple, etc. As Christians, we need to think about what our fruits are. The hint here is in Gal 5:22-23. We need to assess ourselves to see if the fruits we are bearing will qualify us for a write off or a reinvestment by the Vinedresser. 

Malice, envy, jealousy, hatred, sexual immorality, backbiting, etc. are not the kinds of ROI that the Lord is requesting of us. Those are all of the world. We are in this world but not of this world.

Therefore, we need to carry ourselves as such – conforming not to the world but being transformed by the renewing of our minds.  The Lord wants us to bear good fruits that show us as worthy Kingdom ambassadors. 

I pray that we continually ingrain ourselves in Him, so that our fruits will be worthy of His reinvestments, in Jesus Name. AMEN.

You will have good success this 2019. 

Remain blessed.

Shalom