Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, ‘See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil?’ He replied, ‘Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it. If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’” (Luke 13:6-9, NRSV)
So what does a fig tree have to do with grace?
It is an indication of how God’s grace is extended to us…
You see for three years (or more) God has waited for Israel to return to Him, to give Him the fruit He made them to produce… But they haven’t, and we haven’t…
So He is coming to remove us…
But Jesus steps in and says, “Let me loosen their hardness, and expose them to my living water, and feed them the word and let them grow in us, and then they will produce…”
Let us give them grace upon grace, so they will know how much we love them and wait for them…
Grace is extended, allow His living water and word to flow in your life and feed your soul!
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