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Have You Been Fruitful? - Friday Praise & Pray (for others) November 14, 2025
Has it ever occurred to you that God is focused on profit like any wise business person? He wants His investments to be productive and thus fruitful and He expects to reap something good from them all.
In Luke 13, Jesus shared the Parable of the Fig Tree. In it, He pointed out that the owner of a farm looked at a fig tree, then complained to his caretaker because it had borne no fruit for three years in a row. He demanded that it be cut down so it stops using up the soil. The caretaker, however, pleaded, saying he'd fertilize the three and that if it remained barren in a year, then he'd get rid of it (Luke 13:6-9).
You and I are the fig trees the Vineyard Owner was inspecting. The Vineyard Owner in the story represents the Lord, and the Caretaker is Jesus. It is easy to forget, what with our busy lives, that God is checking on the trees in His vineyard to see whether or not they are producing fruit for Him.
If they aren't, then like any other wise farmer, those trees hold no value and should not take up the soil, sun, water, and care that are spent on them. Another, more productive tree would do better to receive those benefits.
The realities of life must not make us forget that we, believers, are the trees in God's vineyard. It is our responsibility and should be our very nature to produce fruits that are pleasing to our Owner. If not, then why are we taking up valuable space that could benefit another believer who would produce more returns for the Lord?
Thank God for Jesus, who, just like the Caretaker in the parable, is interceding on our behalf when we aren't producing fruit. He gets us more chances to do what the Lord desires, giving us more time to get it together and produce the fruit that will make us profitable and thus valuable to God.
We should not forget that with trees, time is a crucial factor. Think about it, trees blossom and bloom with the seasons. When a tree fails to produce in its season, there's a long wait to see if it will bring forth fruit again. Our fruitfulness is also impacted by time. If we miss our season to produce, there is a great likelihood we might have to wait a long while for another chance to be profitable.
Time is a limited resource, so we must be prepared for when the Vineyard Owner shows up to inspect us for profitability. We truly do not know when that day could be, and we don't want to be the tree that stands there, barren in a field of productive trees. Remember, Jesus once cursed a fig tree that was barren during a season when it should have been fruitful (Matthew 21:19). The tree shriveled and died. That shall not be our portion, IJMN, Amen.
As you wait for fellowship at 12 Noon EST, consider reading the following previous P&P messages:
“The realities of life must not make us forget that we, believers, are the trees in God’s vineyard” This entire post is an eye opener. I don’t think I am producing good fruit. I don’t know how to bring souls to Christ. I also shut down after trying a lot . I have notice that it is hard to continue to talk to someone, or even greet them with a pleasantry when they have hurt me somehow. I go mute and no longer speak to them. When I see that a person is an enemy and not a collaborator of progress I go mute in a way. I will do the Good morning everyone but would not I greet them individually. I don’t know what discipleship looks like from my lens. I don’t knock on peoples doors to tell them about Jesus Christ, I don’t do street ministry. I do love the Lord, but am I fooling myself if I’m not doing what touches the Lord most? I don’t want to love in just words alone, but in action, but I also want to protect my heart at the same time because I love hard. Maybe I’m all over the place but I thank you for this post as I want to produce good fruit and I need to take to God how people have hurt me and still do his will to bring people to the fold because all have fallen short. Then was reading Hebrews 4 yesterday and was crying my eyes out because a lot of people are under the deceitfulness of sin and it’s important to hear God‘s word and to do his will so that we can be in his eternal rest. For the first time in a long time I started to pray for the people who have hurt me, who may be having a harden heart of unbelief creep in them, and maybe a simple hello and intentional greeting to these people inspite of what they have done to me might be the catalyst for change to creep in and for God to get the increase.
The I started reading how Christ is constantly interceding for us and saw that Christ who did not sin , was treated even harshly by the very people he came to save. This is part of the Christian walk and what it means to be part takers with Christ. The good and the extremely uncomfortable. The I started crying all over again, thinking about all that Christ suffered and thanking him for his sacrifice. Lord help me not to be concerned with how I look to people, I don’t want to feel like theses people are trying to punk me . Help me to lay all that aside and take the position and mindset of being on assignment and doing the will of the one who sent me . You placed me in this position, help me to do what thus says the Lord. Help me to regroup and come back bolder in doing the will of Christ than ever. Lord may the walls that I have been built up in my heart to protect me from rejection and just life circumstances crumble down like the walls of Jericho and be rebuilt with the power, assurance and confidence of the Holy Ghost. Help me to do your will, finish strong and get the privilege to enter into your eternal peace when it’s time.
Thank you sister for this post and for every post as it God breathed. As always I appreciate you and thank God in Heaven for you. .