The Fruitful Walk

The works of the flesh separate us from God while the fruits of the Spirit make us more like God. We know the fine line between spiritual and carnal – it’s that second of hesitation we get before doing something that the Spirit is trying to warn us against. How do we walk by the Spirit? If I answered that question by giving a rigid formula, you would be back under a law. Walking by the Spirit – a He, not an IT – is a relationship issue, not a legal or ritualistic exercise.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is…” (Galatians 5:22) produced naturally, like grapes on the vine. You don’t have to decide, it flows from you. Orange trees automatically produce oranges. Apple trees produce apples. Living in the Spirit produces fruit too, and we will produce if we do not lose heart.

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up (Galatians 6:9).

Sometimes we sow in May and do not reap a harvest until October. Enjoy the experience of sowing while we sow; the experience of enjoying the reaping can come later.