Seek the Root, Not the Fruit

If you want to have a bountiful harvest of apples, improve the health of your apple tree. Create the condition for a bountiful crop, and you'll get a bountiful crop. It's not about what you do to the branches, it's what you do to the root. It's not about polishing the apples, it's about feeding the foundation. One is superficial, the other is vital.

According to the book of Proverbs, wisdom is the principle thing. Wisdom and understanding are the root of a good life. Financial success is simply the fruit of wisdom and understanding. If you spend all your time pursuing the fruit, and ignore the root, then your crop will never increase.

Wisdom is seeing the REALITY of life. It is not found in what you think is going on, or what you hope is going on, it is reality from God's point of view; it is what is actually happening in your life. When you see things as they really are, you can take responsibility for them, and fix them. This is why the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

And, why it is so necessary to a bumper crop of fruit.



Are you working on the root or the fruit in your life? Let me know!