To have a fruitful garden garden, you need the basics, of course...soil, sunlight, and water. Then apparently you need to take care of your garden. If you don't have these three most important things , then what happens? Your garden doesn't grow right. It may grow slowly, it may drown out and get limp, or it may slowly wither away...and sometimes, if not careful, can just quickly die.
To have a fruitful church garden, family garden, life garden, etc.., you need the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. Then apparently you need to take care of these items. You don't have these three most important things, then what happens? Your "life" gardens don't grow right. Your church may grow slowly, your family may drown out and get limp, your LIFE may slowly wither away...and sometimes, if not careful, can just quickly die.
In your garden garden...after you have the first three covered, then you have to maintain the garden. How do you do that? You may need additional things such as fertilizer to help it grow. You need to get rid of the weeds, you need to continue to water it, you need to till the soil.
In your "life" garden...after you have the first three covered (meaning you have been saved/accepted Christ as your Savior/believe in God./Jesus etc.), then you have to maintain this garden. How do you do that? You may need additional things such as church(fertilizer) to help it grow. You need to get rid of the weeds(get rid of he bondage in your life - bad attitudes, bad habits, bad relationships, etc.), you need to continue to water it(read the Holy Bible), you need to till the soil (pray).
If these things are done on a regular basis with all types of gardens, you can be sure that your gardens will grow and produce fruit. Regardless, if they are vegetables, fruit, ministries, churches, organizations, etc.)
Now, what happens with a fruitful garden garden? It grows in abundance and you can use the seeds of the garden you have grown to produce more fruit. You look at your garden and thank the Lord for supplying you with all the necessities for your garden to be so fruitful, and enjoy the fruits of your labor.
Now, what happens with a fruitful "life" garden? It grows in abundance and you can use the seeds(teachings, scripture versus, etc.) that you have grown (learned) to produce more fruit(Christians) for God's glory. You look at your "life" garden and thank the Lord for paving the path for your "life" garden to be so fruitful, and rejoice at the fruits of your labor(Saved Lives).
With your garden garden, you could avoid all the work in reproducing your fruit by just simply going to a nursery and getting more flowers, plants, trees, etc. and have a beautiful garden right away instead of investing the time and effort in to it. But without the proper care, as mentioned above, it will still eventually wither away. Yes you could just keep replacing what you bought (if you can afford that) and it will look pretty, but then it's really not "fruit of your labor", is it? Sure you put some labor in to perhaps planting the stuff, but that's it.
"By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?" - Matthew 7:16
Even though we are gardeners here on earth in a way, we have only one ultimate gardener!
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener." - John 15:1
Are you guarding your Guarden? Are you forgetting to water more frequently? Do you keep putting off fertilizing? Are the weeds getting higher than your garden itself?
Lord, Heavenly Father, I ask you touch these readers in a way that shows them YOUR garden and how to take care of it to produce the fruit that YOU see fit for their lives! We repent of our poor gardening, and ask for forgiveness. We thank you for the gardening tools that you have given us to grow our gardens and pray that you give us the strength, encouragement, and enlightenment, to be better gardeners for YOUR glory!
In Jesus' name I pray.
