One day Jesus and the disciples walked by a dead fig tree. The disciples noticed that the tree had withered from the roots up. It has shriveled due to a complete lack of water and nutrients. Peter reminded everyone that Jesus had cursed that same seemingly healthy tree only the day before. In one day, a tree which had been full of leaves was now withered and dead. A process that should have taken weeks, or maybe months, had occurred overnight. All of the moisture that had existed within the tree had completely evaporated within a matter of hours. There is a lesson for us to learn from that withered tree.