I was reading 2nd Kings 4:38 and this is what came into my heart as I read. Jesus is "the true" vine and produces good fruit. During a famine resources were limited and Elisha's servant gathered from what he could find; a "wild" vine. A wild vine grows without care or direction and can produce unknown, unpredictable, bad fruit. At times false fruit can appear to be ok to consume if we do not question what we are picking up. Others could have been infected by what the servant brought in just as we can infect others by what we bring. Elisha was called to solve the problem just as we should call upon God.
We must be careful of what we allow into our lives and our church family. We must examine them through prayer and with that listen to God's voice inside our hearts. We can also seek the advice of our church leaders and elders. We as christians must make sure there is not a famine of truth, leaving us to pick up the unknown whatever. Unfortunatly there are times christians allow spiritually poisonous things into their lives. If we acknowledge there is poison in our life, bring it to God, pray for Him to throw his grace into the pot so we can rid our lives of it.
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Well written. Don't you just love it when you are reading the Bible and the Holy Spirit releases understanding. It's so easy to just read through it and miss all of the lessons just because they aren't quite as obvious as one would believe them to be.
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