Fake Fruit

Precious 3 year old Cora was visiting my house recently. She climbed up on my sofa to get a better look at what was on the table next to it--a lamp, pictures, flowers, a couple of books and a bowl of artificial fruit. Her mother quizzed her on what she was doing and she replied that she wanted some grapes from the bowl of fruit. It was kind of comical that she thought they were real, and she had a difficult time trying to figure out why anyone would put fake fruit out on a table and you know she was right.

Fruit is not just something for show that is really good for nothing. God wants the fruit in our lives to be fresh, useful and real. Sometimes we produce fake fruit, when we do things our way instead of letting God show us the fruit that He wants from us. God’s fruit is the good works that He has planned for us to do, but it is also, the attitudes and actions of our heart—love, joy, peace patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

Is your fruit real or are you just pretending that it is? Will you allow God to show you the fruit that He wants you to produce?

By the way, we did have a few grapes leftover from our refreshments earlier that morning, so Cora was able to have some real fruit, but the incident did make me stop and think . The next time my little friend comes over, I'm going to plan on having a big bowl of real fruit on the table just for her!

Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

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