The Advent Task: Be Fruitful
19th December, 2015
Judg 13:2-7,24-25; Lk 1: 5-25
We have two episodes of miraculous fruitfulness narrated today... both bring out an advent task, a Reign trait expected of us: to be fruitful.
When the Lord is with us, and we acknowledge and appreciate that presence and found our lives on that presence, we become fruitful in a miraculous way. From where we do not expect and from circumstances that are most unlikely we will see shoots of new life - that is Lord's doing. There are two verses that have struck this note very strongly in my mind: First from John: Apart from me you can do nothing (Jn 15:5). And the second, a corollary from Paul: I can do everything through him who strengthens me (Phil 4:13). How true! With my Lord around, it is not difficult at all, to be fruitful.