Read Luke 13:1-9

JESUS CALLS THE PEOPLE TO REPENT
Whether a person is killed in a tragic accident or miraculously survives is not a measure of righteousness. Everyone has to die: that’s part of being human. But you will not stay dead. Jesus promises that those who believe in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
Pilate may have killed the Galileans because he thought they were rebelling against Rome; those killed by the Tower of Siloam may have been working for the Romans on an aqueduct there. The Pharisees, who were opposed to using force to deal with Rome, would have said that the Galileans deserved to die for rebelling. The Zealots, a group of anti-Roman terrorists, would have said that the aqueduct workers deserved to die for cooperating with the Romans. Jesus said that neither the Galileans nor the workers should be blamed for their calamity. And instead of blaming others, everyone should look to their own day of judgment.
In the Old Testament a fruitful tree was often used as a symbol of Godly living. Jesus pointed out what would happen to the other kind of tree – the kind that took valuable time and space and still produced nothing for the patient gardener. By this illustration, Jesus warned His listeners that God would not tolerate forever their lack of productivity. Have you been enjoying God’s special treatment without giving anything in return? If so, respond to God’s patient care, and begin to bear the fruit God has created you to produce.