It's been a few months now since I've updated. Whatever free time I had before has gone away now, so I will have to work harder to make time for writting!
Today I read Matthew 21, which includes two accounts about producing fruit that touched me. In the first, Jesus finds a fig tree which has not produced fruit, only leaves, and curses it so that it withers and dies. In the second, Jesus tells a parable of a landowner who plants a vineyard and leases it to tenants. Repeated attempts to collect his produce from the tenants end in failure, so that the landowner will of course throw those tenants out and get new ones who will give him the produce he expects from his land.
Reading these passages challenged me greatly today. Although I have placed my plans for the future in the hands of the Lord, and although I believe that He will fulfill the desires of my heart, He has placed me where I am right now for a reason. If we are truly His disciples, there is no "down time", no time when we can "take it easy" from doing His will. He expects us to produce, to be fruitful wherever we are, whatever we are doing.
Now, for an update on the worship ministry at Ministerios Hispanos Emanuel. We have continued to grow and mature, both musically and spiritually. One of the wonderful things about the group that started was everyone's desire to worship, not just play music, and that has not changed. I've switched back to playing trumpet, but I get to sing once in a while when they let me. Having someone like Christian (our worship leader), who has the Lord's anointing for this kind of ministry, is a blessing. It actually won't be long until we start to sing new songs, original worship songs, which we are composing and writing thanks to him as well. Now that is being fruitful!
