Roots Before Fruit
Roots Before Fruit We got hands full of half-efforts and hearts running on fumes. Calling it “faith” when really it’s fear Pretending to surrender. Because rebellion is not always loud. Sometimes it whispers. In hidden thoughts. In compromising conviction Sometimes it sounds like “Yeah, I’m good.” when you haven’t prayed in weeks. And we keep asking God for revival while holding onto things He told us to bury. Dead habits. Dead mindsets. Dead versions of ourselves See, fruit doesn’t grow just because we want it to. Not if the roots are starving Faithfulness. Self-control. Gentleness. Those things don’t bloom because we learned church language or mastered good behavior. And honestly? Some of us know church better than we know God. You can’t checkbox your way into transformation. Fruit only comes from abiding. From staying connected to God when nobody’s watching. When there’s no stage. No spotlight. No filters Just you. And Him. Because real growth? That do...