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God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground." - Genesis 1:28 (NIV)
It was God's desire from creation that you be fruitful in your life. He wants you to "Multiply" and "Replenish the Earth"; to "Subdue it and have "Dominion" over all the things on the earth. But disobedience interferes with His plan for us and turns things around. There is one thing I want you to know; this is important... God has blessed you right from the beginning of creation. God wants to see you blessed in every way. All the blessings you might ever imagine or desire on earth was completed in the creational blessings of God:
...continuation from last week.
Receiving God's saving grace require obedience.
For Jesus is "the author (or source) of eternal salvation to all who obey Him," - Heb 5:9
Freedom from sin comes when one is willing to obey from the heart - Rom 6:17-18
The Bible describes man's true condition:
In Paul's epistle to the Philippians brethren, he counseled on what should constantly form their thoughts. He said:
"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." - Philippians 4:8.
The apostle Paul outlines what is supposed to be the thought of our hearts. Since this fall of man, the Bible repeatedly makes us to know that the heart of man is evil but God has made a way for man's heart to be purged.
"So they taught in Judah, and had the Book of the Law of the LORD with them; they went throughout all the cities of Judah and taught the people. And the fear of the LORD fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat."
Jehoshaphat depends on God in all his life. He trusts in the Lord and God blessed and strengthened him. We ought to lean on God in all we do as a person, as a family, in our career and business. We need to make God the center of our life. He gave his Son to restore us to be able to be closer to HIM. He already knows us like we know our children but he wants us to talk to him, and not do anything without Him.
Too often we let our fears of what lies ahead keep us from receiving the full blessing that God has in store for us just like the Children of Israel did. Only two, Joshua and Caleb, saw the "Promise" and all the other spies saw the "Problems". The Bible says: "Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:"- Hebrews 4:6. They let their fears appear larger than God's provision and we know the price they paid for doing that.