Isaiah 3-5
2 Corinthians 11:1-15
Psalm 53:1-6
Proverbs 22:28-29
Isaiah 5:2
He plowed the land, cleared its stones, and planted it with the best vines. In the middle he built a watchtower and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks. Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes, but the grapes that grew were bitter.
Out of today's reading, this is the verse that stood out to me the most. Immediately a picture came to mind of the Lord as the caretaker of this vineyard. And we are the vines. The caretaker does everything he can to make sure that the vines produce sweet grapes. He works hard at preparing the land and protecting the vines. He even makes preparations for using the sweet fruit once it arrives. But after all that work, still the grapes were bitter.
God does everything for us to ensure that we live in the Spirit and can then be used to glorify Him. But because we are humans and because God gave us free will, even when God makes all the conditions perfect for us to grow spiritually, unless we choose to follow His ways, we will turn out to be nothing but bitter grapes.
God wants us to be a vineyard that produces sweet fruit that can then be used for His kingdom. He makes all the conditions right so that this can happen. He does all the hard work and preparation. All we have to do in return is simply follow Him.
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