The Lord used parables.
And it summarizes
Why He said
Our lives are comparable,
To fruit trees.
Because a fruit tree,
Doesn't ever eat
Its own fruit.
And a lowly fruit tree,
Never seeks to feed
Its own root.
Nor does it ever try
To multiply,
Or bear more fruit,
Just so it can satisfy
Its branches.
Instead,
A fruit tree,
Always seeks to feed
The needs of others first.
And a faithful fruit tree,
Always tries to satisfy
The lives of those around it first,
Even if there's
Very little fruit,
Growing on its branches.
So can we really
Claim to be a fruit tree?
Or can we truly
Say we aim
To be a fruit tree?
If our happiness depends,
Upon the quantity of fruit,
Hanging on our branches?
In the Sermon
On the Mount,
The Savior said
Something else
That applies here.
For when He wanted
Those who heard Him,
To know the way
They'd heard it all their life,
Wasn't so,
He started out by saying
Something similar,
To the words we see below.
"You have heard it said of old,"
He said,
And then,
He reiterated
What they always said.Matthew 5:21-22