He came looking for fruit on it.

Luke 13:6-9, And He began telling this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it, and did not find any. And he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?’ And he answered and said to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer; and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.’”

We are indeed to be fruitful; we can be thankful for His loving kindness to dig around us and to put in fertilizer! Who has been fruitful enough? Wouldn’t we all like to have more fruit for His kingdom?

Lord, dig around me and put in Your divine fertilizer; thank You that You have not given up on me, and for the fruit that will be born from Your husbandry!