God through the Blood of Jesus gives us a lot of chances to
repent and bear fruit.
Luke 13:6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a
fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and
found none.
7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this
year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after
that thou shalt cut it down.
About a year after I finished school, I use to be
reckless and speed around in town. The one late afternoon, it was raining, and
my car had cracks in the disks of the brakes. The road ahead had a curve in and
there was a car parked in the middle of the road. Heading towards the car at
high speed, it seemed like the car was parked next to the road. When the road
started to straighten, I realized the car was on the road. I stepped on the
breaks gently then suddenly it locked and won't release. The car slid on the wet
road and it almost felt like the car was sliding faster than what I was
driving. So, I crashed into the other car and my car went into the field across
from houses. Luckily by the time I hit the car, my car didn’t seem to be at
high speed by the eyewitnesses that were in the house looking out because of the
skid noises of my tyres. They were angry at the other person for parking in the
middle of the road to answer his phone, and people had to drive around him if
they were using that road. So, I drove home and the engine barely made it
because the radiator was broken. I got off that one easy.
The next day while I was walking to my friend, I thought of
all the accidents my friends and I were in before. There was a couple of car
accident I was in and never got hurt. Not even a stiff neck like some of my
friends did in previous accidents. Then I started to feel almost invincible. Suddenly while that thought
went through my head, I felt God talk to me, saying, if it wasn’t for your
mother’s prayers, you would have been dead by now. I got the fright of my life.
Pride and taking God’s Mercy for granted can cause us not to
bear fruit. A selfish person is basically fruitless.
If God should have a look at us now, will He find fruit on
us? He gives a lot of chances and we should not waste them.
