That article should cause some introspection.
It seems here to be a all or nothing thing, rather than a matter of degree. The tree had budding figs, or it did not. It wasn’t a question of it being scanty.
Still it is very possible for the Lord to curse those things that are “just for show” in a life. The Lord may want you to live small rather than living large, if doing the latter hardly ever presents a gospel attitude to the world.