We have a pot of chilly plant at home. It took about 6months or more to have our first chilly. Grown from one seed of the ten or more seeds sown.
Boy was I excited when I saw the first flower. I expected to have the first chilly from it. But to my disappointment, it faded, dried up and dropped.
And there there was the 2nd flower, the 3rd flower and so on.
Some became chillies while some dropped off.
I notice that on days that I forgot to water the plant some of the dried flowers would wither off quickly and drop off the plant.
I also notice that for those dried flowers that did not drop off, they have already become a fruit and on their way to become a red chilly.
My observation: it is easy to wither with flowers but not with a fruit. a fruit (chilly) will grow until it ripes and be plucked and enjoyed or grow to ripen and turn bad if no one plucks it.
Now …
22… the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23 (New International Version)
My small chilly plant has now become taller than me.
And it has many small chillies.
Am I glad that it is the fruit of the Spirit and not the flower of the Spirit.
This means that these 9 qualities love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control are already inherent inside of us the moment we receive Christ Jesus as our personal Lord and Saviour. And like fruit, it matures with time.
Hey, wait a minute, where is prosperity?
Yes, got it … it is in peace.
Abba Father, thank you so much for this wonderful plan of salvation, we are so blessed in Christ. Amen
