I have been thinking and reflecting on 2 Peter 1:3-11 a lot lately. Yesterday in my reflective time, I was reflecting on the fruit of the Spirit and how there are 7 fruits. However, It hit me that there isn’t 7 fruits of the Spirit of God at all. In fact there is only one fruit of the Spirit. And the fruit of the Spirit is all contained in the one package of the Spirit of God working in and working through and working over our lives.
So the fruit of the Spirit in our lives is that we will become more like God and exhibit his characteristics and nature.. and his nature is one of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith gentleness, self-control. And so just as there is one God who works over all, through all and in all – there is only one fruit which can be described as…