The Law of Fruitfulness II

READ: Gen.18:16-22
MORE LESSONS: Luke 12:16-21
Bible Reading in One Year: Proverbs 8-11

It’s established in the Word of God that fruitfulness is good and it’s God's will for all His children, Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples: John 15:8. Another point of meditation about the issue of fruitfulness is that God does not continue His covenant with an unfruitful man.

An unfruitful man is one who will not train his children, household or raise disciples in godliness. An unfruitful man is one that will not allow God's goodness to flow through him to others but wants to keep all to himself like the rich fool in Luke 12:20. The Bible says the rich man was not rich toward God; in other words, he was unfruitful. On the other hand, God loves to make covenant with men and their seed after them as established in the following scriptural examples in addition to the example of Abraham in today's reading- Adam, Gen.3:15; Noah, Gen.7:1; 9:1,8; Jacob, Gen.28:13; 35:11; Phinehas, Num.25:11. God wants His greatness to continue for endless generations and that is why He delights in making covenant with men and their generations after them.

Therefore if God sees that His goodness cannot flow through you to others, He will not make a lasting covenant of greatness, increase and prosperity with you. Do you want to be great through God's power? Then be ready to be a blessing, not just be blessed; be a pipe to channel blessings to others, don’t dam up the blessings for yourself alone. Some complain before God, I have no heir to pass my wealth to. To such the Lord says it’s not just your biological children that you are to raise as disciples for the Master. Look around you and see the children waiting to be raised by you through adoption by divine guidance and leadership. What about having an orphanage to train some children in godliness? What of that brother or sister that needs your resources to pay school fees and move up in life? Allow God to channel His blessing through you to others. Be fruitful.

Prayer/Action
* Lord, help me to be wiser than the rich fool in Luke 12.
* I position myself for blessing and to be a blessing.
* Lord, open my eyes to see those that I can help.

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The Law of Fruitfulness I

READ: Gen. 1:25-28
MORE LESSONS: Gen.9:6-9
Bible Reading in One Year: Proverbs 4-7
God has a plan for increase and fruitfulness. He set the law of fruitfulness into all living things that He made, from creeping things to the cattle on the field. God said all should bring forth according to its kind and it was so. God saw that fruitfulness is good. Say that to yourself, Fruitfulness is good and I will be fruitful. Also, He decided to make man in His own kind and in His image (Gen.5:1, I Cor.11:7, James 3:9). This Bible account nullifies the theory of evolution which states that man is a product of evolution.

Man , the crown of God's creation, is glorious because he was made in God's image. One may not have seen God in bodily form, but because man was made in the image of God, one can without hesitation say that God has eyes, ears, head, legs and arms. What a glory to be made in God's likeness. God made man in His image for the same issue of fruitfulness and increase because God wants godliness multiplied on the earth.

What is it that God wants multiplied? Is it murder, hatred that we see around ? No, God wants kindness, love, compassion, brotherly affection, and all of His nature multiplied on the earth. This is why the Church exists today because the Church is the channel to reproduce godliness on the earth by raising godly people who are like Christ. Every home must labour to raise godly children who fear the Lord from cradle to the time they leave home to be on their own as adults. This is the whole essence of a godly home. A home where miscreants and vandals are raised is not fruitful. As a part of the church, are you fruitful? Do you contribute to the fruitfulness of the church by exemplary godly living at home and wherever you are? Do you share the good news of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus with people you meet regularly? How fruitful are you?

It’s unfortunate that even among God's people there are those who walk contrary to the law of fruitfulness, they are the gossips, and those with party spirit who by their actions even send some out of the church. They don’t add to the church but by their wrong behaviour make some to leave church. Consider whether you reproduce God where you are. Be fruitful!

Prayer/Action
* Lord, thank You for making me in Your image and likeness.
* Lord, help me reproduce godliness wherever I go.
* I shall not be a barren member of the church, I receive grace for fruitfulness.
Check your actions and reactions each day and take steps that lead to fruitfulness.

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The Law of Obedience

READ: Deut.8:1-14
MORE LESSONS: Heb.5:8-9

Bible Reading in One Year: Proverbs 1-3
There is a law that must be fulfilled in order for anyone to have a full and thorough satisfaction in life. This law is so important that the whole creation has conformed to it from the beginning. As God instructed and commanded, every aspect of creation obeyed (Gen.1:3, 7, 9, 11, 15). The phrase, it was so, keeps reoccurring. The vital law that must be fulfilled by all is the law of obedience. Satan did all he could and introduced disobedience in Heaven and in the Garden of Eden. He brought in disorder and chaos but his victory was not for long (Gen.3:17) as Christ came and restored the pattern of obedience, For by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous: Rom.5:19.

Disorderliness and chaos being experienced in the world today resulted from disobedience to God's set order by those who live as enemies of the Gospel and the cross of Jesus Christ. Therefore, restoration of order starts with receiving Jesus as Lord and Saviour. If anyone will enjoy the blessings of God as listed in today's reading, then the law of obedience must be conscientiously and carefully followed, For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, ... of oil olive, and honey; ... wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing ....: Deut.8: 7-9.

Children must obey their parents (Eph.6:1), servants must obey their masters (Eph.6:5) and masters must obey the Lord, who is Master over all men (Eph.6:9). We must all obey God (Acts 5:29). In the age of increasing rebellion you must be obedient for it to be well with you (Isa. 1:19). Check yourself today, are you obedient? As a church member and probably a worker, have you not started compromising on duties assigned to you in church, saying God understands? Have you not started compromising Bible studies and prayer meetings for business in direct violation of Heb10:25?

Be obedient if you will eat the fruit of the land and not labour in vain.

Prayer/Action
* Lord, I repent of all acts of disobedience and I return to the path of obedience from today onward.
List practical steps you will take to obey God and constituted authority.

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Times and Seasons II

READ: Hosea 6:1-7
MORE LESSONS: Jer. 29:5-12
Bible Reading in One Year: Exodus 38-40

The reason why some people resort to using other mediums to know their future instead of seeking God is because they want to know times their own way. Yet God is willing to reveal to men if they will do it His own way. Men's way is to ask the Lord for the total picture of their life at the time they pray to the Lord. God's way is the way of faith, Then shall we know as we follow on to know the Lord; His going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth: Hosea 6:3. God expects us to walk each day with Him in faith and by faith (Heb.11:6). The Christian walk is that of faith and daily obedience.

As God gives an instruction and you obey, He gives the next instruction. Each step of obedience takes you higher and leads to an orderly pattern of walk that culminates in a fulfilled and accomplished destiny (Jer.2:11). Be assured today that if you are God's own, His expected end for you is peace, void of evil. As months go by with different seasons unfolding, take time to seek the face of the Lord and He will direct your path. There are several assurances of divine guidance and direction for God's children among which are: Prov.3:5-6; Ps.48:14; Ps.73:24.

The Holy Spirit is available to guide into fruitful seasons, profitable opportunities and investments (John 16:13). The more you fellowship with the Lord both in personal devotion and congregational worship, the clearer your mind will be and the brighter your path will be because you will be more discerning of His ways.

Be assured that He that spared Moses as a baby from the sword of the tyrant Pharaoh, guided his infant basket to be nurtured in the same Pharaoh's palace, groomed him among the Midianites and raised him as a deliverer for Israel will surely direct your times and seasons to greatness! Seek God and stay with Him.

Prayer/Action
* Lord, take over my times and seasons, lead me to my greatness in the land of the living.
* Let the lines fall to me in pleasant places and give me a good heritage.
Make a purposeful pattern for better times of fellowship with the Lord and follow this pattern, avoiding distraction.

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