more. When we bear much fruit for
our Father it brings Him honor and
glory. Fruitfulness is the overflow of
God’s grace upon our lives, it is His
supernatural ability to accomplish
great things without any striving on
our part. We can only experience
this when we stop fretting and
spend time to listen to His voice
speaking to our hearts.
Fretfulness: Fretting gets in the
way. “Be anxious for nothing
but in everything by prayer and
supplication, with thanksgiving, let
your requests be known to God; and
the peace of God, which surpasses
all understanding, will guard your
hearts and minds through Christ
Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7 Yes, we
fret about so many things in this
world but remember it is all going
to pass away. “Heaven and earth
will pass away, but My words will
by no means pass away.” Matthew
14:35 This does not mean that we
sit about and say “well that’s it, what
can l do about it, if it‘s all going to
go anyway?” No, we must be about
our Father’s business earnestly and
honestly until Jesus returns. So
what are we told to do? “... seek
first the kingdom of God and His
righteousness, and all these things
shall be added to you. Therefore
do not worry about tomorrow for
tomorrow will worry about its own
things. Sufficient for the day is its
own trouble.” Matthew 6:33-34
“You will not need to fight in this
battle. Position yourselves, stand
still and see the salvation of the
Lord, who is with you.” 2 Chronicles
20:17 Also Scripture says, “do not
fear or be dismayed cast your
burden on the Lord and He shall
sustain you; He shall never permit
the righteous to be moved. Casting
all your care upon Him, for He cares
for you” Psalm 55:22 and 1 Peter
5:7 To cast all fretfulness on the
Lord means to cast all that causes
us to fret.
We just cannot be in a place
of fruitfulness when we are
overwhelmed by the cares of
this world. It is no good striving
for things of this world that are
temporary. Yes, the Lord does bless
us with so much of what we need -
not want. However, we have to be
in the position where the Lord can
minister to us, what is His will and
teach us through His Holy Spirit. Oh
let us bow the knee in our hearts to
truly love our heavenly Father and
His beloved Son Jesus Christ, who
so loved us first.
We will go through trials and
tribulations and in so doing , if we
seek God in all these things we will
grow stronger in the gift of faith we
have been blessed with. We learn
to love and trust God more. “In this
you greatly rejoice, though now for
a little while, if need be, you have
been grieved by various trials, that
the genuineness of your faith, being
much more precious than gold that
perishes, though it is tested by fire,
may be found to praise, honor, and
glory at the revelation of Jesus
Christ, whom having not seen you
love. Though now you do not see
Him, yet believing, you rejoice with
joy inexpressible and full of glor y,
receiving the end of your faith - the
salvation of your souls.” Matthew
6:25-34 really is so helpful in what
Jesus is telling us about worry.
Just let us trust in the Lord that He
does help us. He so wants us to
bear much fruit for Him. Jesus has
redeemed us at a great price. We
belong to Him and Him only. To
trust Him and obey Him is a great
honor we should respect and love
Him for what He has done for us.
Remember, another great promise
is that the Holy Spirit is interceding
for us. “Likewise the Spirit also
helps in our weaknesses. For we
do not know what we should pray
for as we ought, but the Spirit
Himself makes intercession for us
with groanings which cannot be
uttered.” Romans 8:26 He helps
our inability to produce results. So,
why fret, worry, despair, panic, be
anxious, faint and make ourselves
ill?
Let us trust God and lean not to
our own understanding because
His ways are higher than ours.
We will bear much fruit when we
obey what God has told us to do.
Reading His word, praising and
worshiping Him and trusting. If we
just knew in our hearts how much
He loves us we would throw all
cares to the wind and say, “What
is the point of fretfulness when my
heavenly Father is on the throne?
He knows all that is happening in
this world and in my life.” Don‘t
doubt God’s goodness. In Malachi
3:13-18 people complained against
God that the wicked were getting
away with things and it was unfair.
God told them He keeps a book
of remembrance knowing all the
people who love and obey Him.
Yes, it can be a wicked world but
there are folks out there who are
lost, have no direction and no
thought of God at all. Reaping a
harvest for the Lord is fruitfulness.
Let us seek God and pray that
the Holy Spirit will help us not to
be fretful but fruitful for His glory.
Then He said to His disciples, “The
harvest is plentiful but the workers
are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest,
therefore, to send out workers into
his harvest field.” Matthew 9:37-38
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July - September 2017
By Lynda K Smith
writer, proof reader,
poet and Evangelist
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