When the Holy Spirit is at work in my heart, He makes things happen.  The Bible calls this bearing fruit.

Fruit is visible, and it is pleasant.

What can I expect to seeing growing in me when God is having His way in my heart?

• Love, even in the face of hate
• Joy, even in the middle of affliction
• Peace, even when my world is in turmoil
• Longsuffering (patience), even when I am required to wait and endure
• Gentleness, even in response to harshness
• Goodness that overcomes evil
• Faithfulness that refuses to give up and keeps me steady in difficult times
• Gentle strength (meekness), even when my world is rioting
• Self-Control in a world of instant gratification.

This is the fruit that God wants to bear in me. I am incapable of bearing this fruit on my own, but my submission to His way and His will allows Him to bear His fruit in me.

The question for me – is this fruit evident in my life?

Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³ Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Ephesians 5:⁸ For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: ⁹ (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) ¹⁰ Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

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