{"id":48827,"date":"2022-07-07T13:50:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T10:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/?p=48827"},"modified":"2025-06-02T12:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T09:59:09","slug":"48827","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wingulamashahidi.org\/en\/2022\/07\/07\/48827\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Barrenness and How Can We Avoid It?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What is Barrenness?
\n<\/strong>Barrenness refers to anything\u2014things, efforts, or people\u2014that fail to produce results or reach their full potential. It\u2019s like having something that exists but doesn\u2019t work or bear fruit.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For example, when we say someone\u2019s arm is \u201cwithered,\u201d it means the arm is there but cannot function properly, almost like it\u2019s dead.<\/p>\n

Similarly, not all coconuts from a palm tree are useful\u2014some are dry and useless. These dry ones are what we call \u201cbarrenness,\u201d even though they look like coconuts.<\/p>\n

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Biblical Examples of Barrenness<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Revelation 6:12-14<\/strong> compares the Day of the Lord to a fig tree shaken by a strong wind, causing unripe fruit (barrenness) to fall off. Just as some fruit never ripens and eventually falls, so on that day, God will remove everything unproductive.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    2 Kings 2:19-22<\/strong> tells the story of Elisha healing bad water that caused the land to be unproductive (barren). After Elisha put salt into the water, it became pure and the land started producing again.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Job 15:32<\/strong> also references barrenness, showing it\u2019s a well-known concept.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Does Barrenness Still Exist Today?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Yes. For example:<\/p>\n