Human beings in some respects are similar to trees. Trees need to be pruned to bear more fruit as human beings need to be stripped from bad habits and behaviours.
In John 15:1-2, Jesus, the creator of agriculture, referred to similar farming tactics when He said, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.”
Without the daily tending of God, our souls grow barren and dry. When we delight in His law, however, meditating on it day and night, we are “like a tree planted by streams of water” (Psalm 1:3). “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.” When we are pruned we will bear more fruits and be evergreen and thriving.
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