Lessons from a Fig Tree Part 2

Matthew 21:18-22 While coming away from the fig tree with a lesson on fruitfulness would not be outside of the realm of Jesus’ teachings, if we stopped there I don’t think we would take away what the author intended to convey. Look again at that passage, Jesus did not stop and teach on fruitfulness. He did not tell them later how to understand the fig tree. As far as we know the disciples did not even ask. What we do know is that they were astonished. They did not ask why, but how.

Now, let’s get this back into the context. In the time that they had been following Jesus, the disciples had seen Him do some astonishing things. They watched as Jesus fed thousands with relatively nothing. He healed the sick, made the blind to see, and enabled the deaf to hear. His followers had seen Him walk on water, and just as recently as a few days before, they had seen Jesus raise a man from the dead. Yet here they are again, astonished at what Christ has done.

How would we react if we had been present when this happened? Would we be amazed, or would we figure out why we could not have seen what we just saw? Would we attempt to give scientific explanations or accept that this man Jesus is more than just a man?

May it never be said of us, that we are not excited and amazed by seeing God do what only He can do. May we never find ourselves in such a rut that we do not stand in awe of the amazing power that God shows us everyday.