Just reading the 13th chapter of Matthew - the parable of the sower. Here is an interesting line that stood out during this latest reading of a very familiar parable. Verse 23:
As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.
It's not enough that we bear fruit, though that is tremendously important, but also that we yield the harvest. That means we give it over to the farmer rather than holding onto the fruit for ourselves. What that means is that God is given glory for what is produced rather than me.
Is the gospel bearing fruit in your life? If so, is the fruit being yielded to the Father?
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