Time To Refocus?

 

And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?’ And he answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”    Luke 13:6-9 (ESV) We have a purpose in life. The nutrients we take in physically and spiritually have a purpose. If we do not achieve this purpose, we waste the resources that have been entrusted to us.   Fruit is a direct result of absorption. If we are in the right environment, absorbing the right “stuff,” then fruit is a natural byproduct. However, if we are in the right environment and are not absorbing the available nutrients, for whatever reason, there is a major problem. Nutrients need to be used by an organism that will benefit from them or they are wasted. Farmers make sure the crop they are harvesting has little competition in that weeds are continually destroyed. In being diligent, they have abundant fruit to harvest. Those of us who live in the United States of America have an abundance of “nutrients.” There is no reason to be physically or spiritual hungry. Yet, even in a place where there has been and is an abundance, it seems as if we lack fruit. This is not a good thing. Perhaps there is time for us to refocus. God is patient, but not tolerant. For now, the choice is mine.

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