You Can't Fake Fruit
When you walk through an orchard, you don’t have to guess which trees are healthy—you can tell by the fruit. The same is true for the believer. A life led by the Holy Spirit will always bear fruit that looks like Jesus. The Apostle Paul said in Galatians 5 that we live in a battle between two natures—the flesh and the Spirit. The “flesh” is our old sin nature, the part of us that wants control. The “Spirit” represents the new life we received when we were born again. Every day, those two voices are at war for who gets the steering wheel of your heart.
The good news is this: when you yield to the Spirit, fruit starts to grow. Not the kind you manufacture through effort or willpower—but real, visible evidence that the Spirit is alive in you. Love becomes selfless and sacrificial. Joy anchors you in trials. Peace steadies you when life shakes you. Patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control begin to emerge not because you’re trying harder, but because you’re abiding deeper.
Jesus said in John 15:5, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” That’s the secret—fruit doesn’t grow through striving, it grows through abiding. The more you walk with Him, listen to Him, and stay connected to His Word, the more His nature is formed in you.It’s possible to operate in spiritual gifts and still lack the fruit of the Spirit. That’s why Paul reminded the church in 1 Corinthians 13 that even if we speak in tongues, prophesy, or move mountains with faith, without love—it means nothing. The gifts reveal God’s power, but the fruit reveals His heart.
So here’s the challenge: don’t chase gifts and neglect fruit. Don’t settle for hype over holiness. The real evidence of the Spirit’s work isn’t found in how loud we shout or how strong we appear—it’s in how much we look like Jesus when no one’s watching.
When the Holy Spirit regenerates you, He gives you new life. When He sanctifies you, He shapes you. But when He bears fruit in you, the world can finally see that you belong to Him. Stay close to the Vine—and let the Spirit produce a harvest that lasts.
The good news is this: when you yield to the Spirit, fruit starts to grow. Not the kind you manufacture through effort or willpower—but real, visible evidence that the Spirit is alive in you. Love becomes selfless and sacrificial. Joy anchors you in trials. Peace steadies you when life shakes you. Patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control begin to emerge not because you’re trying harder, but because you’re abiding deeper.
Jesus said in John 15:5, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” That’s the secret—fruit doesn’t grow through striving, it grows through abiding. The more you walk with Him, listen to Him, and stay connected to His Word, the more His nature is formed in you.It’s possible to operate in spiritual gifts and still lack the fruit of the Spirit. That’s why Paul reminded the church in 1 Corinthians 13 that even if we speak in tongues, prophesy, or move mountains with faith, without love—it means nothing. The gifts reveal God’s power, but the fruit reveals His heart.
So here’s the challenge: don’t chase gifts and neglect fruit. Don’t settle for hype over holiness. The real evidence of the Spirit’s work isn’t found in how loud we shout or how strong we appear—it’s in how much we look like Jesus when no one’s watching.
When the Holy Spirit regenerates you, He gives you new life. When He sanctifies you, He shapes you. But when He bears fruit in you, the world can finally see that you belong to Him. Stay close to the Vine—and let the Spirit produce a harvest that lasts.
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