Will Rogers said it best, “You’ve got to go out on a limb sometimes because that’s where the fruit is.”

Across my office, there is a picture of a sailing ship – it is moved and powered by the wind.  Scripture uses the analogy of wind to describe the movement of the Holy Spirit in our lives.  If my sails are not up – I am dead in the water – carried about, adrift, by the currents around me.  I must hoist sails – adjust them to the wind and set my course accordingly.

I want fruit to be born of this ministry.  I realize this morning that means going out on a limb and trusting God that it won’t break off behind me.  I can see the fruit.  I can even smell it sometimes.  Alas, it seems just out of reach at the moment.  I feel as though I am crawling out on a limb.

Growing up in upstate New York – on our road there was a couple of apple orchards.  I have fun memories of climbing trees and running around them.

I am praying for God to move me just a bit further.  To move us.  To show us His glory.  Ever so faint is the breeze – ever so distant is the fruit… or so it seems this morning.