Scripture reference: Mark 11:12-14, 20
Jesus curses a fig tree, and then later says "Have faith in God." What's up with that?!
Both positive and negative situations are about faith.
How is this about faith?
Fig tree-what we know:
- it's slow-growing (takes time to mature)
- yields 2 crops a year (one in March and one in June) - the first crop yields beautiful leaves and "forerunner" fruit that is smaller in size to announce the larger harvest to come later. The "forerunner" fruit is immature, yet edible
The absence of the forerunner fruit from the fig tree was an indication that there would be no fruit later in the season.
"Just One Fig, Please!"
Jesus was hungry, he wanted to eat the forerunner fruit from the fig tree, but there was none.
The leaves gave the expectation that there was fruit of some kind. The fact that there was no fruit was like the fig tree was saying "Jesus, you cannot fulfill your desires here!" It symbolized hopelessness.
Faith is a fruit. It has substance.
Faith In God
Jesus was just looking for a little fruit. From us, He is looking for just a little faith. He can work with a little faith. He can do nothing with NO faith.
That is why He cursed the fig tree.
Believers cannot be like the fig tree, cursed. It took faith to accept Christ.
The believers prayer: I have faith, but not enough. Lord, help me have more!
Like fruit, faith gives energy. Some faith brings increased faith.
When you don't believe God will save you, it aggravates God.
God is looking for folks who expect Him to do amazing things. He is an amazing God!
Sometimes "impossible" stands between me and my dreams and desires, but God...
Any situation that tells me that God can't fulfill my God-given desire HAS TO DIE!!!
Hope can't live until hopelessness dies.
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