SPIRITUALITY OF BEARING FRUIT - #1

You did not choose me but I chose you. 

And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last (Jn 15:16).

SEVEN LESSONS FROM A FRUIT TREE

Lesson #1: YOU ARE A CHOSEN TREE!

Remember you have said Yes.

You are chosen, chosen to bear fruit. Not all trees bear fruit. And trees don't always bear fruit. If you are chosen, you have to bear fruit. If you are able to bear fruit, it is a candid sign that you are chosen. Never forget the fact that you have said 'yes' to the Lord, when the Lord chose you! Look up to the great people who had said yes, and they were conscious that they were chosen! Think not that you have chosen to bear fruit, infact you cannot. The Lord has chosen you to bear fruit. Though it is to your credit that you bear fruit, the merit is not all yours, remember the One who had chosen you. If I count the cost, and due to it fail to bear fruit, I have forgotten that I have been chosen. If I have been chosen, I bear fruit, that is not a reason for pride, but woe to me if I dont bear fruit. 

Consider Mary the Mother of God - how she said a 'yes' and she remained faithful to it. She continued to bear fruit till the end, right upto Calvary. She is a great example who bore fruit and remained always contemplating the will of God, which had chosen her to bear fruit.