The Bible frequently talks about fruit in an interesting context—to explain deeds, things we naturally do. Just like fruit trees naturally bear fruit, people naturally bear deeds. For example, some people naturally perform acts of kindness and some people naturally speak rude or cruel words. So what’s the difference? Why do some people bear “good deeds” and some people bear “bad deeds?”
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
Proverbs 4:23
Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.
Matthew 7:17-18
It’s about the heart. Everything we do comes from the heart. Our actions, our words, are all a reflection of what is truly in our hearts. Those who are disciples of Christ Jesus, who follow Him and seek to obey Him, from the Holy Spirit within them will see an overflow of good fruit.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23
Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
Matthew 7:20
But if our hearts are full of bitterness, malice, hatred, jealousy, anger, or other negativities, bad fruit will surely pour out of us.
So how do we determine the kind of fruit we are displaying? Jesus says:
“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.”
John 15:5
Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.
Psalm 1:1-3
To bear good fruit...we have to follow Jesus. We have to abide in Him, remain in Him, rest in Him, meditate on His Word.
Yes, we may have dry seasons, and that is okay. But like Psalm 1 and John 15 state, if we are meditating on the Words of God and abiding in Him, we will bear fruit in season. The dry seasons will always come to an end and we will always, in the end, produce fruit.