John 15:16: “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen
you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your
fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, He
may give it you.”
From the beginning of the creation of man, God’s intention
for man was our fruitfulness. In the purpose statement of God for man, He said
in Genesis 1:26: “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.”
We are told in verse 27 of the same text that God went ahead to make man as He
intended, but in verse 28, God had to enable man to accomplish this purpose of
leading the earth Just like He intended so God empowered Him with the blessing
when He blessed man with the ability to be fruitful and multiply and replenish
the earth and subdue it and have dominion. From that text, it is evident that
we cannot fulfill our leadership role over God’s creation on earth without this
tool of fruitfulness.
To be fruitful means to be productive in every area of our
lives. For our bodies, we are to proliferate, for our souls we are to be
productive and for our spirits, we are to release our hidden abilities through
a successful union with the Spirit of God.
Over the years man has done well in proliferation in spite of
the sin of Adam and Eve that brought about a temporary death of man’s spiritual
productivity until the Lord Jesus Christ came as the Lamb of God to redeem us
back to God again. This explains why the world’s population has risen from two
people to over seven billion people today! We are told in Galatians 3:13-14
that Christ accomplished the feat of human redemption to enable us step into
the platform for receiving the Spirit of God through faith. This platform is
the Abrahamic blessing. The reason is that without a reconnection of our
spirits to the Spirit of God, we cannot get into oneness with the Spirit of God
that would enable us bear spiritual fruits which would in turn help us to
fulfill our purpose of leading God’s creation on earth as the spirit realm
controls the physical.
You would observe that the history of man has revealed a huge
progress in human proliferation from the beginning of time, but the same cannot
be said for mental and spiritual productivity as the accomplishment of man on
earth over the last 80 to 100 years far outweighs all his accomplishment from
the inception of time up till then put together! The reason for this is that
with men embracing the Lordship of Jesus Christ for the past 2,000 years up
till now and the various moves of the Spirit of God over the years, man’s
reconnection to God has brought about a huge stride in development as never
before seen!
In our text scripture for the month, this revelation is
brought out clearly by the Lord as He points out that as many as are discipled
by Him are chosen for the purpose of bearing fruit. This truth is further
reiterated by Apostle Paul when He said in Romans 7:4 “ Wherefore brethren, ye also are
become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to
another, even to Him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth
fruit unto God.”
Finally, Spiritual productivity is the ultimate kind of
fruitfulness as it has the ability to bring about the proliferation in our
bodies, mental productivity for our personal and environmental developments as
well as spiritual productivity for God’s and our pleasure. To this end, this
month, we shall be looking at the message: Walking in the Spirit because
fruitfulness is impossible without walking in the spirit. By the side, we shall
also see the ills of carnality and how destructive it can be to our
productivity. It is my heart felt prayer that this month, your story will be re
written for the better. The barren will be made fruitful by the visitation of
the Lord this month in the mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
For you reading this piece who is yet to make a decision for
the Lord Jesus Christ and you desire to do so, your first step is the new birth
experience. This will give you the platform to receive the promise of the
Spirit that would enable you bear the fruit of the spirit. You can do that
right away by saying the prayer below:
Heavenly Father,
Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died
for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore
declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the
fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you
for this father in Jesus’ name!
Amen.
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