Good Fruit “Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.”- Matthew 7:17, 18 One of my heroes is Dr. David Livingstone. Some have accused him of being a “glory hunter,” saying that he detracted from preaching the Gospel because he was also an explorer and a botanist. If you read his journals, however, you will find he had only one mission – to open up Africa to the Gospel in order to stop slavery. He believed that by opening up Africa to commerce and industry, the terrible dealing in human flesh could be stopped. When Stanley found Livingstone in the middle of the darkest Africa, his sole objective was to meet the man and return to America to tell the world that he had found the great missionary. After he had met Livingstone, however, he remained there and lived with him for four months. The day he left he wept bitterly. He gave Livingstone most of his clothes, his food and supplies. He testified on his return to the civilised world that he never had a negative word proceed from that man of God. Do you have a testimony like that today? The names of towns and institutions throughout central Africa have been changed to indigenous names, with the exception of those directly connected with David Livingstone. These include the towns of Livingstone, Blantyre (named after the Scottish town were Livingstone was born), the mission station of Livingstonia and the famous Victoria Falls. I don’t believe for a minute that Victoria Falls has been left with its name unchanged, because of the love that the local people have for the memory of Queen Victoria. It was because this man of God named it the Victoria Falls that it has been left intact. He did indeed produce good fruit. Are you producing good fruit today? Let your words be few today and let your actions speak loudly. In fact let your fruits speak for you.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 08:29:38 +0000
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