Tuesday October 03rd, 2023
« “I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me’’ »
12 “If you listen to these regulations and faithfully obey them, the Lord your God will keep His covenant of unfailing love with you, as He promised with an oath to your ancestors.
13 He will love you and bless you, and He will give you many children. He will give fertility to your land and your animals. When you arrive in the land He swore to give your ancestors, you will have large harvests of grain, new wine, and olive oil, and great herds of cattle, sheep, and goats.
14 You will be blessed above all the nations of the earth. None of your men or women will be childless, and all your livestock will bear young.
15 And the Lord will protect you from all sickness. He will not let you suffer from the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all your enemies!
16 “You must destroy all the nations the Lord your God hands over to you. Show them no mercy, and do not worship their gods, or they will trap you.
17 Perhaps you will think to yourselves, ‘How can we ever conquer these nations that are so much more powerful than we are?’
18 But don’t be afraid of them! Just remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all the land of Egypt.
When God said “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” in Genesis 1:26, little could anyone know what it would entail.
By this divine decision, man was made responsible for his action and inactions because he is a small ‘god’ (Psalm 82:6). Man, therefore had to take responsibility for his livelihood after the fall in the Garden of Eden.
In spite of the need of man to have a means of livelihood however, our Lord Jesus Christ still cautions us in Matthew 6:33 CEV
« “But more than anything else, put God’s work first and do what He wants. Then the other things will be yours as well.” »
The memory verse of today reveals to us how to fulfil the law of fruitfulness.
At creation, man lived in all-round abundance -physically, spiritually, and materially because God bestowed His blessing upon him and his wife.
With little effort, the man found great reward for his labor.
This therefore shows us clearly that to be fruitful, you must have an intimate relationship with the Living God.
The first law of fruitfulness is to make Jesus Christ or Lord- we must be born again, that is, we must agree with Romans 3:23 GNT that
« everyone has sinned and is far away from God’s saving presence. » ,
then quickly do something about it.
This acceptance must be followed by the genuine repentance from our sins and unrighteousness. Acts 3:19 AMB
« So repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, regret past sins] and return [to God—seek His purpose for your life], so that your sins may be wiped away [blotted out, completely erased], so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord [restoring you like a cool wind on a hot day] »
It is time the children of God understand the secret of fruitfulness: abiding in the Son of the Living God- the True Vine.
We must leave behind every anxiety about what or who we want to become, focusing instead on living each day for God.
The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 8:9 NLT
« You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that by His poverty He could make you rich »
With the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary, we are abundantly blessed of the Lord, and we know that God’s blessings make us rich without any added sorrow (Proverbs 10:22).
Prayer focus: Father, please open my eyes to see the secret of divine blessings, that I may align myself with it, in Jesus’ name.
Author: Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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