Truckload of tomatoes

This time of year it is not unusual to see tomatoes lying in the streets of Kokomo, Indiana. The trucks hauling the freshly harvested tomatoes are usually loaded to capacity, and when they turn a corner they often lose a few tomatoes.

This reminds me of how Jesus expects his followers to produce a lot of fruit. In John 15:5 he says, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”

Gal.5:22-23 tells us what kind of fruit we are to produce—“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control…”

Let’s all strive to make sure that Jesus sees an abundance of this kind of fruit in our lives. In John 15:8, Jesus states, “This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” Can the people in your home town see the trail of fruit that you have left behind?