Two Trees Still Stand: Which One Is Controlling Your Life?The fruit of your life reveals the root you are feeding.

Yesterday I was walking down the street with my phone in my hand, trying to capture thoughts as fast as they were coming to me. The Lord was speaking, and the words were coming faster than my fingers could type. I almost tripped twice because I was trying to walk and write at the same time.

Finally I said out loud, “Lord, I can’t do two things at once.”

But the thoughts kept flowing.

There are moments when the Spirit of God begins to press something deep into your heart, and you realize that what you are hearing is not simply an idea—it is a revelation. It is a call to attention. It is the Lord asking you to look again at something that has been in Scripture from the very beginning.

And the thought that kept coming to me was this:

There are two trees.

From the very beginning of humanity, God placed two trees in the garden.

The tree of life.

And the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Scripture says:

“Out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the center of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” 

Two trees.

Two sources.

Two ways of living.

And the question that came to my spirit while I was walking was simple but piercing:

What tree are you cultivating in your life?

The Tree That Shapes Your Life

Many believers think the Christian life is simply about behavior.

But it is deeper than that.

Your life is not ultimately shaped by what you say.

Your life is shaped by what you feed on.

Every tree produces fruit according to its nature.

You can hang apples on a dead tree, but eventually the truth will be revealed.

Fruit always tells the story.

Jesus said you will know people by their fruit, not by their words.

Not by their image.

Not by their reputation.

By their fruit.

And fruit takes time to reveal itself.

At first glance, two trees can look very similar.

Two apples can look identical.

But one may be full of life.

And the other may have worms hidden inside.

I remember once cutting open a perfectly beautiful apple. On the outside it was flawless. Bright color. Smooth skin. It looked delicious.

But when I sliced it open, worms had already begun to hollow it out from the inside.

That is the danger of the wrong tree.

The fruit can look good on the outside.

But inside it carries death.

The Problem With the Second Tree

The tragedy of the human condition is this:

Every one of us was born connected to the wrong tree.

The tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

It is the tree of human independence.

It is the tree of self-determination.

It is the tree where humanity tries to decide what is good and what is evil apart from God.

And here is the deception:

It is not only the tree of evil.

It is the tree of good and evil.

That means it produces fruit that can appear moral, wise, intelligent, or impressive.

But it is still disconnected from the life of God.

This is why people can look very good outwardly and still be spiritually dead inwardly.

This is why entire cultures can build systems that appear righteous while remaining cut off from divine life.

The second tree produces knowledge.

The first tree produces life.

And God never called us to merely possess knowledge.

He called us to possess His life.

The Cross Reconnected Us to the Tree of Life

Here is the good news of the Gospel.

The cross of Jesus Christ reconnected humanity to the Tree of Life.

The fall in Eden separated humanity from that tree.

But the redemption of Christ opened the way back.

The cross was not simply about forgiveness.

It was about reconnection.

Reconnection to the life of God.

Reconnection to the Spirit.

Reconnection to divine nature.

This is why Jesus said:

“I have come that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.”

The goal of redemption was not simply to remove sin.

The goal of redemption was to restore life.

Real life.

God’s life.

And when a person truly encounters Christ, something begins to change internally.

The source changes.

The root changes.

The tree changes.

Revival Shows the Difference

Years ago I was involved in revival meetings that lasted three months.

Six nights a week.

Night after night we saw God move.

People were healed.

Lives were changed.

And one evening I watched as a woman who had been confined to a wheelchair encountered the power of God.

Moments like that leave an imprint on your soul.

Because when you see the power of God move like that, you realize something.

This is not religion.

This is life.

Real life.

The life of God flowing into broken human situations.

The life that comes from the Tree of Life.

I have seen people intellectually debate theology for hours.

But a single moment of God’s power can silence every argument.

Because life is unmistakable when it appears.

Wheat and Tares

Jesus once gave a parable that perfectly explains the confusion many people experience.

He spoke about wheat and tares growing in the same field.

They look similar when they first grow.

But eventually their true nature becomes visible.

Jesus said the kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while people slept, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat.

And both began growing together.

The servants asked if they should remove the weeds immediately.

But the master said no.

Let them grow together until the harvest.

Because if you pull them out too early, you might damage the real wheat.

This is the reality of the world we live in.

Good and evil growing together.

Truth and deception growing side by side.

Real fruit and imitation fruit appearing in the same environment.

And the Lord allows it—for a time.

But harvest day always comes.

And when harvest comes, the fruit reveals everything.

The World Around Us

Just yesterday as we walked past a church, there were people selling drugs on the street outside.

Right in front of the house of God.

It was a sobering picture.

Two trees.

Two kingdoms.

Two sources.

Life and death operating side by side in the same city.

And that is the reality of our world today.

Hell is pushing darkness into neighborhoods, families, and cultures.

But heaven is still releasing life.

And the question is not simply what is happening around us.

The real question is:

What tree is shaping what is happening inside us?

The Danger of Partial Commitment

One of the reasons people struggle spiritually is because they try to live from both trees at the same time.

They want the life of God.

But they also want some of the fruit from the other tree.

They want spiritual life, but they also want independence.

They want Christ, but they also want control.

They want heaven, but they still crave some of the fruit of the old nature.

And the result is confusion.

Because life and death cannot share the same root.

Jesus never invited people to partially follow Him.

He called people to die to one tree and live in another.

That is what being consumed by God really means.

It means the old source no longer governs your life.

The Simplicity of the Gospel

Here is the beauty of the Gospel.

You can change trees.

At any moment.

You can walk away from the old source and step into life.

You can surrender the old nature and receive the life of Christ.

And it does not require perfection.

It requires surrender.

That is what repentance truly is.

It is not merely feeling bad about sin.

It is changing sources.

It is stepping away from the tree that produces death and reconnecting to the tree that produces life.

The Orchards of Greece

I remember walking through villages in Greece where orchards filled the backyards of homes.

Trees everywhere.

Peach trees.

Olive trees.

Fig trees.

And the amazing thing about fruit trees is this:

They quietly produce fruit over time.

You do not see them striving.

You do not see them struggling.

They simply remain connected to the root.

And life flows through them.

The Christian life is meant to work the same way.

When you remain connected to Christ, fruit begins to appear.

Love.

Joy.

Peace.

Patience.

Kindness.

Goodness.

Faithfulness.

Gentleness.

Self-control.

The fruit of the Spirit is not forced.

It is produced.

What Tree Controls Your Life?

This question has been echoing in my spirit.

What tree controls your life?

What source is feeding your thoughts?

What source is feeding your emotions?

What source is feeding your decisions?

Because the root determines the fruit.

And fruit always reveals the root.

This is why the Lord is calling His people deeper in this hour.

Not into religion.

Not into performance.

But into life.

The life of Christ.

The life of the Spirit.

The life that comes when a person is truly consumed by God.

The Power of Being Consumed

When someone becomes consumed by the Lord, everything changes.

Their priorities change.

Their desires change.

Their thinking changes.

Their words change.

They no longer live for themselves.

They live for the One who saved them.

And that life begins to overflow into the world around them.

Dark places begin to shift.

Broken lives begin to heal.

Hopeless people begin to encounter hope.

Because the life of God cannot remain hidden.

Life always spreads.

And when believers become truly connected to the Tree of Life, revival begins to appear. Much love.

Prophetic Declarations

I declare that the Lord is calling His people back to the Tree of Life.

I declare that deception that has kept believers feeding on the wrong tree will be broken.

I declare that God is awakening a generation that will live from His life and not from human knowledge alone.

I declare that fruitless religion will give way to living encounters with the power of God.

I declare that those who have been feeding on the wrong source will encounter the mercy of God and return to the tree that gives life.

I declare that the Spirit of God is releasing a hunger for righteousness that will expose hidden corruption and reveal true fruit.

I declare that believers will no longer be satisfied with appearances but will pursue authentic spiritual life.

I declare that the life of Christ will flow through surrendered vessels and transform cities, families, and nations.

I declare that harvest time is approaching.

And I declare that those who remain connected to the Tree of Life will stand strong in the days ahead.

Because the life of God cannot be stopped.

And those who are consumed by Him will carry that life wherever they go.

Peter Nash