Sticky Fruit Filling

May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation—
those good things that are produced in your life by Jesus Christ—
for this will bring much glory and praise to God.
(Philippians 1:11, NLT)


Good Morning,

I watched my friend feed her baby girl fruit for the first time. Everything seemed to be going quite well, until . . . well the baby girl burped. You would have thought that a volcano had erupted. In fact, the eruption was not only prolonged, but projectile. The strained baby fruit stuck on the high chair, on the floor, the baby, and us. I still am finding corners and crevices of sticky fruit.

Those who ask Christ to abide within them will find a different kind of fruit that will stick with a greater force. The Apostle Paul wrote about the fruit of salvation that fills our lives in Philippians 11:1:

May you always be filled with the fruit of your salvation—
Light, water, and good soil are required for fruit production.
This requires:
Living in Light rather than in darkness. –God is Light (1 John 1:5).
Being saturated with the Water of Life.—Jesus is the Water of Life (John 4:4).
Choosing good soil to live in—The Word is soil to the core of our being. Growth and production occur in good soil. (Ezekial 17:8)

Those good things that are produced in your life by Jesus Christ—Christ is Life. The abiding presence of the Savior fills our life with fruit (peace, joy, love, etc.). The fruit produced from the indwelling presence of God impacts anyone and everyone we meet. The thoughts of the fruit stick in their mind, influencing their heart and soul.


For this will bring much glory and praise to God: The focus of a healthy and whole life is God. In other words, our lifestyle is aligned with His way, will, and word. The fruit of our life blesses God as well as humanity.

Be filled with the fruit of the Spirit.
Let the fruit stick onto the lives of individuals you touch during the day.
Learning with you to let the fruit of the Spirit to multiply and stick onto other lives.

Kerrie


(All devotions written by Kerrie Palmer ©2007 All Rights Reserved)