“All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness” (2 Tim. 3:16).
God’s Word puts before us the image of Christ, who perfectly lived out the fruit of the Spirit and walked in the power of God. By beholding His Word, we are pruned, groomed, corrected and encouraged to be like Him.
Our relationships with others are also used to prune us. That’s right. God puts all those “fruit testers” around us to make sure we are producing the right fruit. He creates all these people, each with different personalities. Some He creates strong-willed. Others He creates meek and mild. God creates all these different types of people and throws them all together. It’s one big fruit salad! But it’s really as these people interact with each other that true fruit is produced or the lack of it is exposed.
