Holy fruit
If these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. — 2 Peter 1:8
Billy Graham told about the conversation of H. C. Morrison, the founder of Asbury Theological Seminary. He said that Morrison, a farm worker at the time, was plowing in a field one day when he saw an old Methodist preacher coming by on his horse.
Morrison knew the elderly gentleman to be a gracious, godly man. As he watched the old saint go by, a great sense of conviction of sin came over Morrison and he dropped to his knees. There between the furrows in his field, alone, he gave his life to God.
When he concluded the story, Billy Graham earnestly prayed, “Oh, God, make me a holy man.”
Augustine said, “Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being.” True and lasting greatness stems from what we are. Though we may seem to be doing nothing at all, we can be doing everything worthwhile if our lives are being styled by God’s grace. Even if we are set aside through old age, sickness, or seclusion, we can still be productive. Are you bedridden or housebound? Your holy life can still bear fruit.
This can happen only as we stay in close relationship with Jesus (John 15:1-11). Only then will we have the fruit that “remains” (v. 16). — David Roper
I lived so that all whom I met could see
His Holy Spirit shining through me;
O friend, is this what our hearts can say
As we sit and think at the close of day? — Nicholson
READ: 2 Peter 1:1-8
The most powerful testimony is a holy life.
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