The Principle Of Productivity

In John 15:8 Jesus said: “This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” (NIV) Here our Lord points to the principle of productivity. God is glorified when we are productive. Every believer should produce fruit. I believe God wants us to produce “much fruit.” A few years ago the Lord challenged me to become more fruitful. Don’t get me wrong, we already had wonderful ministries in our church. It was not as though we were accomplishing nothing. Many good things were happening in the lives of people and in our church. The change that took place in us was in my perspective. I could no longer be satisfied with status quo. I felt an overwhelming desire to be productive. I realized that this was our time, and we could not just stand by and do nothing. In some respects I felt like a young wife must feel when she has a desire to produce a family. I began to ask God to make us more effective in what He had called us to do. I found myself with the desire to have accomplished something significant for our Lord and in His kingdom before I go to heaven. It became a driving force. I thought about it all the time. It sent me to my knees. It was what I prayed about all the time. The desire to be productive became an unquenchable fire. From that day until this my prayer has been that God will help me be more productive for Him every year than the year before. May God help us all stand before Him having produced “much fruit”.