6 And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none. 7 He told the vineyard worker, ‘Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it even waste the soil?’
8 “But he replied to him, ‘Sir, leave it this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it. 9 Perhaps it will produce fruit next year, but if not, you can cut it down.’”
Luke 13
Jesus often gave parables about “The Kingdom.” This is all about God’s people, His followers, we might say, Christians, or the church. A “fig tree,” along with other horticultural analogies, are a common in Jesus’ parables. Have you ever been tempted to “give up” on “the Church”? Don’t. There are no perfect churches… but there’s also no “plan B.” How do we follow Jesus’ commands to do things “unto the least of these among my brothers” if we avoid his brothers? How can we use our gifts that were given to build up the church in love, if we avoid the church? How can we fulfill the Great Commission alone? We can’t. Church, the church, is a vital component to God’s plan for the world. It is the Body of Christ, don’t give up on it. It needs to be cultured and developed. Christians are like fertilizer, when we clump up too much in one place, we tend to stink… but when we’re spread around, we help things grow. Don’t give up on the church, don’t give up on God’s plan, don’t give up on God’s people.
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