Memorise: If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Galatians 5:25
Read: Galatians 5:22-26 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
One of the utmost desires of
every human being is to be fruitful. We derive our drive for fruitfulness from
the command that God gave to our spirit after creation in Genesis 1:28:
“And God blessed them, and God
said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue
it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air,
and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”
To be fruitful means to have
outstanding results in one’s assignment or chosen career. Fruitfulness is
having excellent results where others are failing. It is to be highly favoured
where others are struggling, and making progress where others are either
retrogressing or remaining stagnant. Fruitfulness means being a vessel of
honour while some are vessels unto dishonour. My prayer is that the Lord will
reveal to you the secrets of good fruitfulness in Jesus’ Name.
The first secret of good
fruitfulness is absolute dependence on the One who infused our spirit with the
drive to be fruitful: God. God plays a prominent role in the fruitfulness of
His children. This is why you need to settle it in your mind that there is
nothing you can achieve without the help of the Almighty God. Those who
understand this secret never attempt to run ahead of God. Jesus in John 15:5
said,“I am the vine, ye are the branches; He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”
No amount of human labour would suffice if God is not involved. This is why you need to run your endeavours in partnership with Jesus. If you partner with Jesus, you can never suffer loss because He is committed to giving you what money cannot buy. Money cannot buy you a good name; neither can money buy you peace of mind or guaranteed protection.
Another secret of good
fruitfulness is avoiding strife and division. These manifest carnality and they
will hinder you from bearing good fruit in life. Any family where envy and
provocation of one another persist cannot be fruitful. Any organisation where
people are committed to breaking ranks cannot be fruitful. Any church where
people are always pulling down one another through their actions and words
cannot be fruitful. This is why the Bible admonishes us to always walk in the
Spirit so that we will not fulfil the lust of the flesh. Let us always create
an atmosphere of peace, love, joy and goodness, without undermining the
importance of discipline. You will be amazed at how good our fruits would be
under the leading of God.
Prayer Point: Father, destroy
every agent of strife and division in our families.
Bible in one year: Luke 14-15,
Isaiah 29:1-14
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