Memorise: 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 that moveth upon the earth. Genesis 1:28
Read: Genesis 1:26-30 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 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. 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
God’s voice is so powerful that it can bring about
abundant increase. When He speaks in a situation of lack and acute shortage,
whatever is responsible for that anomaly is arrested and there is bountiful
provision. An example of this can be seen in the lives of the children of
Israel. In Genesis 46:26-27, we read that all the people that Israel brought
with him into Egypt including Joseph and his family were 70. However, when they
were leaving Egypt, the men alone were numbered at 600,000 (Exodus 12:37). In
fact, the Israelites’ rate of multiplication in Egypt was so raid that it
became a source of worry to the Egyptians (Exodus 1:7-10). Sometimes, we think
that such miracles can only occur in Bible times. By the grace of God, in the
Redeemed Christian Church of God, we have seen God’s faithfulness demonstrated
in the area of multiplication. In 1952, the Church started with about 12
people. By the time I became the general overseer in 1981, we had only 40
parishes including the headquarters. The convention we had in 1980 had a little
over 600 people in attendance, yet we thought that was quite large. Today,
through the grace of the Almighty God, this same Church has spread to over 174
nations of the world! Why? It is simply because there is a God who can speak
from Heaven to make something little increase abundantly. This shall be your
portion today in Jesus’ Name!
A blessing summons all the forces in heaven, on earth
and underneath the earth to help an individual to succeed. To bless someone,
you have to open your mouth to declare it. When God blesses you, all the angels
of God will assist you, and even demons will fight one another to clear the way
for you. In Genesis 48:8-20, Joseph, while visiting his father Jacob with his
two sons, carefully guided his father to rest his right hand on the head of the
elder son, Manasseh, and to rest his left hand on Ephraim the younger. At this
time, Jacob was old and sick, and could no longer see. When Jacob crossed his
hands over the two boys, Joseph protested but Jacob insisted, saying the
younger will be greater than the elder, and then he blessed them. Within a
short period of time, the younger son had become 10 times more blessed than his
elder brother (Deuteronomy 33:17). This is what the declaration of a divine
blessing can do in the life of a person. Ask God to declare His blessings on
you. You can also seek the declaration of blessings from a father that is
connected to God.
Prayer Point: Father, from today, let me experience
Your blessing of multiplication in every area of my life.
Bible in one year: Genesis 42-43, Isaiah 55
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