A stake in the ground!

I think that often when people come to Christ that they see it as putting a stake in the ground as if to say 'I have made it here!' Whilst it is a significant event becoming a Christian, we need to be careful that we don't view it as an opportunity to place a stake, rather we should see it as planting a tree. A tree that will be nurtured and grow throughout our faith journey with the hope that it will "bear fruit in season" with the hope that the fruit that we bear will be good fruit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, & self-control. Because ultimately we are not a Christian because of a stake in the ground that marks a point in time when we acknowledged that Christ is real, no, we can call ourselves a Christian only if we have planted a tree and through nurturing by a life that acknowledges Christ, that tree, our faith, bears good fruit.