Scripture: Luke 6.  

OBSERVATION
(What is God saying here?)

Luke 6:43-45 (NLT)

43 “A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. 44 A tree is identified by its fruit. Figs never grow on thornbushes, nor grapes on bramble bushes. 45 A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.

APPLICATION
(How Can I apply what God is saying here to my circumstances today?)

This 6^th chapter of Luke really is a chapter that Christians should keep pinned to a wall visible to us every day as a constant reminder of what it means to honor our commitment to be a follower of Christ. These verses that God made me pay particular attention to emphasizes how important it is to fill myself with pure, holy, teachings of Christ that will serve to make me more like Him every day. Unfortunately, the world in which we live and operate bombards us with evil, hatred, jealousy, envy, lies, and many other ungodly acts that serve to steer us off the track of holiness and Godliness, and the only way to combat that is to fill our hearts and our minds with the Word of God – His instructions, His directions, His teachings, His example, His words and His power that gives us control over the things of this world. As our hearts are filled with all these things, we will find ourselves speaking from a heart of love and a constant example of Christ. It’s Him that I live for and Him that I seek to serve and represent each day of my life, for I am His child and want to be seen looking and acting just like Him.

PRAYER
(With God’s help, what am I going to do differently today because He said it?)

Lord, there is truly only one way that I can come close to achieving this awesome task of showing You in all that I do, expressing You in all that I say, displaying You in everything that I do, yet being humble enough to let You be Lord, Ruler and King of everything that I am about. But Lord, I believe that as I surrender my life and my heart to You each day that You can fill me with Yourself so that those that You place in my path will witness the Savior and not sinful man. So Lord, I beg You to take control of my words, actions and deeds and use this servant of Yours as a vessel through which You can minister to a lost, hurting and dying world. Have Your way dear Lord!

 

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