Bear fruit

The Withered Fig Tree

Mark 11:20In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. 21Peter remembered and said to Jesus, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!"

Interesting that Jesus did not say to the tree, "wither from your roots."

He also did not say, "Die by tomorrow."

"14Then he said to the tree, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." And his disciples heard him say it."

Simple. To the point. He cursed a fruit tree to never bear fruit again, and it died as a result. You see, and fruit tree needs to bear fruit. Not just to have a reason for existing, but it is part of it's life. Part of how it lives.

We are no different: if we do not bear fruit, we die. No, our death may not come overnight, but it comes nonetheless.

Are we bearing fruit?