Ezekiel 47:12 “Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.”
“Perennial Fruits”.
There are some fruit trees like papaya, lemon and banana that produce fruit throughout the year. A man/woman rooted in faith and planted in the Word of God is like a perennial fruit tree. They are watered by the river that flows from the sanctuary of the Lord. This is an allegorical stream of Living Waters that the Lord Jesus spoke about. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water” (John 7:38). The Word of God is the nutritious protein and fresh water that turns our lives into sumptuous fruit trees and into a flourishing garden and orchids.
We will not only bear lasting fruit but we will also produce a variety of fruits in abundance. People around us will be able to taste genuine love, compassion and grace. Our joy will be contagious and peace and patience will be our strength. We will be gentle, kind and meek in our opinions and judgements and self-control will be the cord that sets our safe boundaries. We will proliferate and multiply into orchids of fruit bearing trees. Our words will bring hope to the distressed souls and our earnest prayers will heal the broken bodies. When we delight in feeding on God’s Word and meditating on it day and night, our fruitfulness will be food/nutrition and our lifestyle (leaves) will be the healing balm to others. We will not just remain as fruitful trees but will proliferate orchids of fruitfulness.
Perennial Fruit:
- Flourish: Feed on God’s Word to flourish. Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful (Joshua 1:8).
- Favoured: Perennial fruit will exhibit to the world the favour of God.
- Fruitful: Being planted in the waterbed of His Word makes us exceedingly fruitful.
Produce perennial fruit that both feeds and heals the downtrodden and diseased.
Prayer: Dearest Lord Jesus, make me a flourishing, favoured and fruitful orchid. Amen.
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