“Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. Then he said to the tree, ‘May no one eat fruit from you again.’ And his disciples heard him say it.” Luke 11:13-14 NIV
The honours of the fig tree are sweetness and good fruit, and its serviceableness to mankind (Judges the 9:11). Though it may not have been fig season, Christ makes an example of this tree to his disciples shortly before entering the Temple Courts. It would have been logical to find those bearing fruit in the Temple Court, but this was not the case. Just as the fig tree had many green leaves with not so much as one fig being found, there also was no sign of bearing fruit in the temple.
Similarly to there being honour in a fig tree to bear good fruit, as believers and followers of Christ, John 15:8 tells us that, “This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” If we only get to the point of displaying green leaves, we have done nothing towards furthering the Kingdom of God.
May we always be in season to bear fruit. Not for our glory, but for the glory of our Heavenly Father.
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I was curious about the fig tree too and found this commentary (https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/jesus-curse-fig-tree/%3famp) -definitely worth the read! It concludes with this: Soberingly, this passage does not just remind us that a Christian by definition must produce spiritual fruit (even if only small early figs). It’s also about the threat of and temptation toward false pretenses of fruit.
The fig tree, like the bustling temple courts during Passover, was putting on a good show. And that made it all the worse. It’s one thing to lack fruit out of season. It’s another thing to lack it while pretending you have it.
So let us be warned.
Our personal lives can look like “in leaf.” Our leaves may look like those of a supermom, a winner, a perfect family, an A-team Christian with an overstuffed schedule of ministry activities. But the root may be withered. There may be no fruit of holiness and no intimacy with God. What’s worse—our leaves may even fool us.
And our churches can do the same. A church’s leaves may look impressive: booming attendance, capital campaigns, clever pastors, impressive music. But what will the Lord find upon close inspection? Will he find only leaves? Or will he find figs, too?
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