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Before I go on, let me go all the way back to .
If you include the undiscovered parts of the Amazon, there probably are a hundred thousand tree species.
After God is done creating, the very first thing He does is bless his creation, not once but twice.
(v22, 28) The first words God directed to his creation were be fruitful and multiply.
Let me come right out and say it.
Here’s the moral of the story, God wants you to be fruitful.
He wants to multiply the fruit of the Spirit in your life, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control.
He also wants to multiply your influence and your talent.
Another way of saying it is this, potential is God’s gift to us.
What we do with it is our gift back to God.
In Old Testament terms, it is
I love that language.
He will command the blessing upon you in everything you do.
Now let’s flip over to the New Testament.
Parable of the good soil.
He wants your life to yield these good gifts that He has given to you.
So to really appreciate the parable of the fig tree, you need that backdrop.
Here’s why: It says the owner came to the vineyard and sought fruit.
Well of course he did!
He has been seeking fruit from day six.
He had been seeking fruit since the Garden of Eden.
That is how he was created.
God loves you just the way you are but He loves you too much to let you stay that way.
He is a good gardener.
He wants you to be fruitful; not comfortable.
That is the objective and that is the backdrop to this story.
Let’s continue.
We are going to keep it simple this week.
Dig it, dung it, cut it.
I. Dig it
After planting a fig tree, it takes three years to produce fruit.
It takes time.
It takes effort.
You have to take some measures during those three years to help produce the fruit.
The first thing you have to do is dig it.
In other words, you have to turn the soil over.
You have to work the ground.
You have to loosen the earth and give it room to grow.
I know that probably more than a few of us are frustrated because we want to see some fruit in our lives and it has been three years.
I’ve been in a spot where it has taken longer than I expected for God to do what I wanted Him to do in my life.
I was frustrated but I kept digging.
I’m going to turn over the soil and make room for God to work his process in my life.
I’ve learned that when God gives you a dream, it is probably going to be harder and take longer than what you anticipate and there is a very good reason for that, so that you learn to rely on Him in the process.
So that then as you are a part of that vine, then the fruit begins to work and come out of your life.
I don’t know where it is that you want to bear fruit in your life.
It might be a relationship that needs a little bit more fruit.
It might be a career.
Here’s what I believe.
You have to dig it.
You have to do your homework and your groundwork.
Like I said a couple of weeks ago: you need to pray like it depends on God but you need to work like it depends on you.
You have to plan the work and work the plan.
Three years in and you might still be frustrated but I believe that if you keep doing the right thing day in and day out, week in and week out, year in and year out, God will show up and show off.
He will produce something.
God wants you to be fruitful and if you do the groundwork, something great is going to happen.
I think it is a mindset.
Peter King did an in-depth interview with the reigning NFL MVP Aaron Rogers and Aaron said one thing that says it all to me.
He said I desperately want to be coached.
I thought to myself this is probably a player that needs to be coached the least.
And yet he wants to be coached the most.
Here’s what I’m getting at.
Football, following Christ, same difference.
It is a mindset.
I think we have a couple of options.
We could take that comfort mindset and say I really don’t want you to dig right here because I’m comfortable right here right now.
Or you can take a growth mindset.
A growth mindset is let’s not just dig, let’s dig deep because at the end of the day, I want to produce as much fruit as I possibly can.
If you are being honest with yourself this weekend, are you on the comfort side or are you on the growth side?
Over the years, I desperately wanted and want to be mentored.
Thank God for Bobby Basham, Ron Weinke and Ric Lewellen who desperately wanted to mentor.
I desperately want to be pastored.
I need people to speak into my life.
As soon as I’m sanctified, I will let you know!
But don’t hold your breath!
I am a work in progress and there is so much for God to do in my life and I know I have to do the groundwork.
So I hope that is encouraging.
Let me share this.
Let me tell you now to dig in at Fellowsville AG.
It is not complicated.
You plug into a ministry.
You plug into the many opportunities we have here from kids church and nursery to youth and royal rangers to cleaning and decorating.
God has given you a gift and it is easier for me to tithe my money than it is for me to tithe my time or my talent.
So when I’m really on point, I find that I’m a little bit more generous with my time and my talent.
I believe you have something to offer this church that no one else has.
We need you!
The church is a body and you have a role to play.
No one has time.
Listen, you don’t find time, you make time.
So you have to prioritize.
And we have all these new incredible small groups starting up so I challenge you.
I love you but as some point you can’t just continue to take up space.
Maturity is producing more than you consume.
So let’s allow the Lord to dig us and let’s dig in.
II.
Dung it
The King James says it in a way that you would never say it.
Before the advent of horseless carriages, horses were the primary mode of transportation, and like cars, horses have exhaust pipes.
And not just fumes!
The average horse produces 15 to 30 pounds of manure per day.
Aren’t you glad you came to church this weekend!
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