Psalm 138:8 says, “The Lord will perfect that which concerns me…” The Hebrew for perfect means to end, finish, accomplish, to perform, fulfill. Our promise in Philippians 1:6 says, “Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”

Our trials are God’s way to perfect our journey towards maturity. They are the stamp of His intimate involvement in our lives. As we yield to the work of the Holy Spirit, He is the one who produces the fruit of the Spirit in us. That fruit is evidence that we are walking in the Spirit and not in our flesh. Galatians 5:16.

Galatians 5:22-23 says, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control…” This fruit will be the characteristics in the lives of those controlled and directed by the Holy Spirit. We bear the fruit that He produces in us. It is the result of our abiding in Him. John 15:8 says, “By this My Father is glorified…”