He told the vineyard worker, ‘Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it even waste the soil? ‘ (Lk. 13:7 CSB)
Luke 13:7
The fig tree took up room in a space otherwise meant for grapes. Figs are sometimes grown with grapes because the birds will eat the figs before they eat the grapes. But, if this tree had no fruit, it was just using up needed ground.
Heavenly Father, thank You for Your interactions with us. You are glorious, marvelous, wondrous, and holy. As we face the darkness of this present world, we know Your light is powerful beyond all that we might imagine. You use Your people to show a lost world the tenderness of Your care. Thank You! In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ I pray and praise You, Amen.