The Fig Tree Withered

"18 Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry. 19 And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, (though it was not seasoned to produce fruit yet) and said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” Immediately the fig tree withered away." Matthew 21:18-19




I was reading this passage and was a bit stumped by it...then as i researched more about fig trees, i understood....
Fig trees produce pre-season buds that prove that in due season they will produce fruit. Jesus was hungry and going to eat the pre-seasoned buds, but the tree had none...thus it only had beautiful leaves, but would never produce fruit. WOW! What an illustration for me....

Perhaps God is working in me now for fruit to come ahead...especially in child rearing....and do i have any buds proving that one day fruit will bare or just a bunch of "showy leaves" that may appear like i will produce fruit one day but in fact will never bare fruit....

So i am asking God to show me in my ministry where i simply have "showy leaves" and to wither them that i might grow real buds that will one day bare much fruit......that will count for His name sake......isn't that what we all want......just wanted to share......