True Encounters With God Result In Immediate Fruit

Many claim to have seen and encountered God, yet they treat Him and His words with little to no regard. There is a reason that the prophets found themselves on their faces before God, while He was speaking to them. Authentic encounters with God result in complete shifts and changes on the inside of man. If there is no evidence of the fruit of righteousness, if there is no awe and fear of the Lord present in their lives, then it doesn’t matter what people say, they haven’t been with God.

When you truly see and encounter the Living God, as in encounter the Lion of the Tribe of Judah with fire in his eyes, you will tremble. Reverential fear and awe is the first thing that happens to those who have truly encountered God. His majesty and holiness overwhelms you. Nothing in you is ever the same again because you are overcome by His greatness.

Recognize the fruit of vain imaginations: spirituality without power, a story without a result of righteousness, a narcissistic gospel, no fear of God, not submitted to authority, pride and a critical spirit to name a few.

When we behold Jesus Christ as He is, we become conformed by His glory into His likeness. The fruit of righteousness IN Christ, resurrection life, agape love, all the fruit of the Spirit coming forth from a heart; these are the fruit that remain, eternal fruit that can only come from a true encounter with the Living God.