wild fruit

Wild Fruit
8/21/05
If we find ourselves wanting things to fail, wanting to move on, this can be from a lust after change, for excitement. Commitment becomes very dull to those who have not laid their lives down in sacrifice. The endurance needed to walk through problems with a person, or a ministry, is not found in the illegitimate sons of the kingdom, those born of the world and the desires of their flesh. These are the ones who go before the Lord, and do not wait on His will. The same spirit prevents us from marriage, and parenting, not wanting to sacrifice our rights or be tied down to commitments. This spirit is of the world.

There is a sister-spirit akin to this. She sabotages those things which displease her in order that they might fail. Her reward is “something new”, and she chases after the new, and the better. Therefore she has no wisdom, because she hates to solve problems that are before her. Unfaithful, and foolish, her lack of commitment causes her faith to grow wild, and without being tamed by brokenness, she does more harm than good. She is like the ostrich, bringing forth her young only to leave their fate to chance[1]. Her glory is in running and she has no wisdom. There is no ownership over her young; therefore they are treated harshly.

Those who love their freedom hate commitment. They are like the wild donkeys who choose wastelands rather than the busyness of the city[2]. How is the strength of the youth useful to Me, if they are not broken? They are like the wild bull. When they find the soil of men’s hearts hard, will they plow it with Me that I might plant the seeds?[3] The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong[4].

God has planted good seed. But if we yield wild grapes, or bad fruit[5], He will not be pleased with the vineyard. God tears down our hedge of protection and the wall the watchmen stood on if we choose to be wild[6]. He will grant us the freedom desired, and take away the pruning and cultivating we so despised so that the cares of the world can grow freely among us[7]. Our lives and the ministry we love will become a wasteland, without the rain of the Holy Spirit.

We are from wild stock, receiving our nourishment from the Olive tree we were grafted in to[8]. We should not be arrogant, for we can be taken out. Our nature is wild. The Olive tree we’re grafted in to is cultivated. The wild love their freedom and do not value the cultivated seed. They will not labor with God, but run ahead, enjoying the swiftness of their race. The prize goes to those who keep His Word, abiding in the vine and taking into themselves the very Life of the vine. If the fruit is good, the Branch is good. Abide in Me, for all goodness comes from My Life. Those who no longer want the confinement of cultivation, nor the pain of pruning will not bear good fruit. Do not look for the fruit of wisdom to come from the branch of rebellion, for the fruit will only be simplemindedness and they cannot help you solve your problems. But to those who keep My Word and endure patiently, I will keep them[9]. For even greater trials are coming, and even bigger problems to solve. Therefore have the wolves come to sow their wild seed in the hearts of Man. Yet I will prevail.

[1] Job 39:13-18
[2] Job 39: 5-7
[3] Job 13:10-12
[4] Eccl 9:11
[5] Is 5:2
[6] Job 39:5
[7] Job 39:6
[8] Rm 11:17-24
[9] Rev 3:10