Our fruit comes from the root. Any good thing that should be produced from a tree, first began at the foundation, worked its way through the stems, and than was brought upon the branches, and seen to be good fruit. The work began in the unseen and through that empowering, gave way to the visible. Likewise is the Christian. All good things come from our foundation, come from Christ. Beyond the wood and nails, the invisible blessing that came, salvation. Although unseen, truly not unmoving, or less moving. The work of Christ alone has the power to take one from death and bring him into life. The cross, our root, and from there fruit may come. Speaking to the nation of Israel, the Lord declare, "Your fruit is found in Me." (Hosea 24:8). Later Jesus would declare that He is the vine and we are the branches (John 15:5). We also know that Scripture declares that all good things come from above (James 1:17). Therefore we can conclude the reality that apart from Christ, no good dwells within, but if we be of the root of Christ, good things may be in the making. The truth is that we deserve nothing but death. We are sinners. Nevertheless, by the grace of God, we are accepted within His tree because of the sinner's tree that He bore in our place.
Forgiven saint, does not this reality cause us to once again think of the beauty of the unseen? Your forgiveness, have you ever seen it? No, but you have felt it, you have experienced it, you rest in confidence of it. What about your present burden? Is it that you cannot see how this situation will turn out, how any good will come from it? Is the surrounding of your present place full of fog, and you wonder will the sun ever shine that I may see good fruit come forth?
If you be in Christ, you may rest assured that fruit will come from your Root. For your life is now in Christ. Although the outward may seem gray, and when you look at the details, you see nothing but tangled branches, and roots going this way and that, but this is where faith is required. Faith for the unseen. Faith in the Root. Faith in Christ. The same God who declared that your fruit is found in Himself, went on to say, "Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know them. For the ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them" (Hosea 14:9). Those apart from the experience of the cross, will stumble in understanding His ways; but for you who are of the vine, those who are in Christ, faith stands between your mind and your sight; your heart, and your view, for therein you remember your ROOT.
Doubt not, if He will come through
Amidst the clouds and gray, He will shine and show thee the way
He has promised that in Him good fruit will bloom
So trust that within your present place, the root will be faithful to see that you complete the race.
He will see you through the weather of today, that fruit may come and
through it you will see Him to be strong
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