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TRUST & PEACE

Text : Matthew 13:23.

But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word, understands it, and produces a crop that yields 100, 60, or 30 times what was sown.”

A heart is only considered to be good when it can receive the word of God, understands it and brings forth fruit.

 *To a farmer, a good farmland is not one which can receive seed but one which produces good harvest.* 

What the Father takes glory in is your fruitfulness. He wants your life to yield bountiful harvest. And this can only be possible when you abide in Jesus.

 *This is how my Father is glorified, when you produce a lot of fruit and so prove to be my disciples.* John 15:8.

Note that your heart can portray any of these four hearts texture on different occasions depending on your disposition towards God's word at any given time.

So for you to maintain a good heart that is capable of producing fruit, you must learn to always abide in Jesus.

I am the vine, you are the branches. The one who abides in me while I abide in him produces much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5.

As a child of God, you can't afford to be fruitless for so long, because a fruitless Christian will suffer on both ends of eternity. 

Unless a person abides in me, he is thrown away like a pruned branch and dries up. People gather such branches, throw them into a fire, and they are burned up. John 15:6.

Bible reading: Matthew 13:1-23.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1.) Father God, grant me the grace to bear abounding and abiding fruit of righteousness. 

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