When we think of older people who were fruitful for God, we think of Bible characters like Moses, Abraham, Elizabeth and Anna. Look around today and you will see many like them, some famous like Billy Graham, but many whose names will not appear in print yet they will imprint generations to come with their steadfast faith and godly ways.

It is the mature tree that yields fruit; the healthy tree much good fruit. The righteousness imputed to believers through faith in Jesus Christ, makes us able to begin bearing fruit as soon as we believe and trust. Jesus Christ is the True Vine and mature. When we believe, we are grafted in and the life of the Vine flows through us immediately—His life in us produces the fruit. The longer we abide in Him as He abides in us, the sweeter and more fruitful we will become and the more widespread the knowledge of Our Lord’s merits. Think about it.