First Fruits

I got so freakin' excited the day I saw my first tomato growing on the plant. I had seen some blooms a few weeks earlier and I knew that that was a good sign. However, it was mid-June and I needed to see some fruits. I remember looking over to my neighbors garden and seeing that they had some tomatoes on their plants. So I looked a little closer at mine and lo and behold there was a little green tomatoe forming on one of the plants. I was so excited I ran home and grabbed my camera to take a picture. After all the work, some produce was forming.





Last night in the message at church James 1:17-18 was quoted. It says:





"Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures."





When I heard the end of this verse, for a second there I think I got a small glimpse at how excited God must be when he sees fruit in our lives. He planted it; He knew it was there; He has been watering it. But when it shows up among His creation and displays His character for all the world to see...He might just want to go grab his camera and take a picture!