Scripture Thought
1 Nephi 8:10
I always find it interesting that in this massive field, which represents the world, Lehi is drawn to the tree. What was it about this tree that drew attention? What it big, small, colorful or something else?
According to Nephi, it was the color. It was white. It was purity. It was most desirable. Many struggle to get to it. Those that don't, mock those who do. Yet, I have the feeling that most people want to partake of its fruit, whether they admit it or not. Why?
Lehi was drawn to it. I wanted to taste of it's fruit. It was desirable, ripe, ready to be plucked from the tree. Lehi states that to taste of it would make one happy. If one had wandered, lost in the wilderness for hours, struggling to survive, and hungry for life, would any fruit make you happy? Think about plucking a ripe apple, peach, pear, orange, grape, or other desirable fruit from the vine and partaking of it. Would it satisfy you hunger, craving, thirst, or appetite? Is that what this fruit did or was there more?
My feeling is that this fruit does more than fill the needs of the natural man. It fills the spiritual man. The happiness is not just a passing moment of pleasure, it is eternal. If you look at the references to the Tree, we learn that this is not the first time this tree has been spoken of. There was one in the Garden of Eden. John the Revelator saw that they grow in paradise of God. He also saw the end of time when they should fill the streets. He also saw that the fruit there of was not just for the taking. It was something one had to earn.
What are you doing to earn the fruit of this tree?
I always find it interesting that in this massive field, which represents the world, Lehi is drawn to the tree. What was it about this tree that drew attention? What it big, small, colorful or something else?
According to Nephi, it was the color. It was white. It was purity. It was most desirable. Many struggle to get to it. Those that don't, mock those who do. Yet, I have the feeling that most people want to partake of its fruit, whether they admit it or not. Why?
Lehi was drawn to it. I wanted to taste of it's fruit. It was desirable, ripe, ready to be plucked from the tree. Lehi states that to taste of it would make one happy. If one had wandered, lost in the wilderness for hours, struggling to survive, and hungry for life, would any fruit make you happy? Think about plucking a ripe apple, peach, pear, orange, grape, or other desirable fruit from the vine and partaking of it. Would it satisfy you hunger, craving, thirst, or appetite? Is that what this fruit did or was there more?
My feeling is that this fruit does more than fill the needs of the natural man. It fills the spiritual man. The happiness is not just a passing moment of pleasure, it is eternal. If you look at the references to the Tree, we learn that this is not the first time this tree has been spoken of. There was one in the Garden of Eden. John the Revelator saw that they grow in paradise of God. He also saw the end of time when they should fill the streets. He also saw that the fruit there of was not just for the taking. It was something one had to earn.
What are you doing to earn the fruit of this tree?
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