John 15:4-5
“Abide in Me, and I in you.
As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in Me.
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit:
for without Me ye can do nothing.”
One thing you’ll never see is a fruit factory.
Now, you’ll see factories for making clothing, cars, and computers, but not a fruit factory.
Instead fruit is grown in an orchard.
It is dependent upon life.
There is no fruit without life.
The only way that fruit is going to ripen and grow is in the right climate and with the right nutrients.
Just like we can’t grow bananas in Alaska, we can’t grow and produce the fruit of the Spirit unless we’re in the place where the Spirit can produce His fruit in us.
And that place is walking and abiding in the Spirit.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
Ask God to help you abide in the Spirit to produce the fruit He desires in your life.
