At the school I teach at we have begun to grow different plants. One time we were growing tomatoes. I could not believe how many tomatoes grew when we planted them! Then we picked them. Each child pointed to the one they wanted, and teachers helped them pull them off if they needed it.
One child saw a
large tomato that was hidden within the tomato plants. It looked plump and big.
I went to grab it but as I did another tomato came with it. On the opposite
side of the large tomato, it was squishy and rotten because a tomato beside it
was connected to it, and it was rotten. This large tomato that would have been
good to eat was no longer good to eat because of the tomato next to it.
Humans can act
like those tomatoes. You can be a Christian who is following the Lord, but
others can impact your walk with the Lord. If you spend time with someone who
sins and encourages you to sin, then you can become rotten. You cease to bear
good fruit. That's why we must be careful who we spend our time with. We need
to have a body of believers who are encouraging us in our walk with God.
Now, that is not
to say that we should not spread the Gospel as the great commission calls us
to. We should tell others about Jesus. We just should not allow others to
influence us to sin. It is a fine balance. We must be confident in our Lord and
trust in him so much that when temptation comes, we can overtake it. That is
how we will bear good fruit.
So, who do you
spend your time with? Are you walking with the Lord? How can you spread the
Gospel today?
Psalm 119:105
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