Fruit of Faith

Matthew 21:18-21 
18 Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry. 19 And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” Immediately the fig tree withered away.  20 And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither away so soon?”  21 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done.

Jesus did not see fruit on the tree of Israel as they continually refused to hear and obey.  In return, He told the symbolic fig tree to remain fruitless.  It was not about the tree, but believing God, trusting and obeying.  So we are to trust and obey in prayer, knowing that when we ask what God wants to do, He answers; not for our own desires, but His.