Please Sir can I have some more?

Zechariah 7-9; Luke 13
Luke 13:6-8 ⁶Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. ⁷So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, 'For three years now I've been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?'

⁸" 'Sir,' the man replied, 'leave it alone for one more year, and I'll dig around it and fertilize it. ⁹If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.' "

Jesus mainly spoke in parables because just letting the people know everything right away without letting them think about things was too easy. Jesus wanted his people to learn something from each parable, because everyone was able to interpret the parable in their own way so they can relate it to what was going on in their lives.

Every person is going through something different. I am going through things that you, the reader, are not going through. However when we read the scripture we are reading the same thing. When God created us He didn't want us to be desolate and empty. He wanted us to be fruitful and full of life. Jesus, as man, understood depression, emptiness, loneliness, and hurt. Things that God didn't even understand before because even though He created man, he never was man, until Jesus. So when Jesus came he understood second chances. He understood that even if things don't look good right now, they can get better later.

I see things for what they are right now and God could say, ok she's had enough chances, her time is up. Yet Jesus would say wait! there is still more in her to give and I want to invest the time in her to see. God doesn't want me to be lazy. He wants me to work for Him, as an instrument, as His voice. My tree may look empty now but Jesus is saying, i will give you more time because I believe that you are worth it. And knowing that Jesus comes from God and is God only makes things that much better.

Lord,

Thank you for believing in me. Believing that there is more in me that I am worth investing more time. I can think that I am done but you know how much more is left. Father, you are my energy, my love, my life, my God, my everything. You wake me up in the morning and give me breath. I love you eternally

I forever love you always

Amen