Spiritual Fruit Requires a Partnership

Today’s blog post is contributed by David Trotta:

But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.  (Galatians 5:22-23)

One of the Holy Spirit’s primary objectives is to produce spiritual fruit in our lives.

As we’ve discussed before, God gave us the precious gift of His spirit, a gift so important that Jesus had to leave this world so that the Holy Spirit could come.

However, instead of partnering with the Holy Spirit and allowing Him to produce fruit in our lives, we try and go it alone, which produces something else in our lives – feelings of frustration and defeat.

We have the perfect dance partner, but we leave Him on the sidelines.  Or, we agree to dance, but we insist on leading instead of letting the Holy Spirit lead (which He is much better at doing).

The supernatural fruit of the Holy Spirit is the byproduct of us learning to utilize a partnership with Him.

Are you frustrated with how little the spiritual fruit described in the above verse is evident in your life?  If yes, I encourage you to try a different approach – stop trying!  Instead, partner with the Holy Spirit by utilizing the fruit-producing ability he already possesses.

Branches on a tree produce fruit with very little effort.  They just have to stay connected to the tree.

That’s all you have to do too.  Just stay connected in partnership with the Holy Spirit.