Life does not consist of a series of activities. Life responds to principles rather than beliefs. The fact that you believe in something does not automatically result in your achieving that thing. Not all that believe in riches eventually get rich. And not everyone who worked hard to get something finally gets it. Wishing does very little in achieving the desired result. When wish is coupled with action progress is attained yet results are not guaranteed. The variables for results consist not only of wishing and action, but wishing and the right action. It is the same as saying, 'No one gets to the right destination while heading the wrong direction'.
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By their fruits ye shall know them. Do [men] gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Matt 7:16-20 (ASV)
We cannot understand fruitfulness (impact) unless we are able to distinguish between the source and the resource; and separate the tree from its fruits. Therefore we shall first look at the two sides to this matter-- the tree and its fruits. These parts, though distinct, are complementary. First thing first: what is the tree? The tree is a life that has been planted in the earth by an owner. The man is not the tree. The man (human) is Gods property and is good.
And the God saw everything that he had made and behold, it was very good. And the evening and morning were the sixth day. Gen. 1:31
From the above scripture, we can say that all that comes from God is good. All that belongs to God is good. Man came originally from God therefore is good. However, we have bad trees. Then, what is man? We see from the scriptures that man is the soil; man is the garden; He is the earth to be cultivated.
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul. Gen. 2:7 (KJV)
When the Lord God took some mass of the earth to form man, He had a deeper intention. His intention was not to craft a mere useless bunch of sand. In fact, someone could have wondered at God—‘what is He even doing with that lifeless venture’.
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