Genesis 9:1 AMP
1AND GOD pronounced a blessing upon Noah and his sons and said to them, be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
Before this covenant, something happened, the destruction of the world. The bible says in Genesis 6 that man was entirely wicked, that they almost broke the heart of God. There was no evil in mankind when God created them. Mankind is special and distinct because God created them in His image and likeness. After the fall, the nature of God, the image and likeness of God in humans automatically became polluted. Their thoughts and imagination became evil, ALL THE TIME. Let’s go to the bible to see:
5The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination and intention of all human thinking was only evil continually. 6And the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved at heart.
Child of God note that the scripture says every imagination, not just the action alone was wicked. The KJV says in verse 5, “Every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” Remember, before we act there is always a thought within that we either rationalise or not. When we rationalise, we are moralizing a thought or action whether it is good or evil. At that period in time, God is saying that every imagination of every human was continually evil. Mankind no longer had the capacity to think or act in a Godly manner.
7So the Lord said, I will destroy, blot out, and wipe away mankind, whom I have created from the face of the ground--not only man, [but] the beasts and the creeping things and the birds of the air--for it grieves Me and makes Me regretful that I have made them.8But Noah found grace (favour) in the eyes of the Lord.
Now that I have given you the context, let us resume how the covenant came to be. The bible tells us that Noah was the only man that was found blameless and righteous in the sight of God. Our text is taken from after the great flood and God is releasing His blessing over Noah and his generations. Remember everything was wiped away and starting afresh.
Sadly, this was not the last time that man would test God and provoke Him. The bible clearly tells us due to the incessant murmurs, complaints and ungratefulness of the children of Israel in the wilderness, God wanted to use Moses to establish a new race. Moses pleaded with God to not destroy the children of Israel.
Genesis 9: NKJV
1 So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
I want you to take note that the above mentioned is a command, not a suggestion. God would not command a thing without empowering the one He is commanding to accomplish it. That is why he first blesses them. This is an act of adoration and approval from the Spirit of God to Noah and his sons and by implication you.
What does it mean to be fruitful? It means that there is no bareness, lack or deficiency. By implication it is fertility [richness, productiveness, fecundity]. This particular covenant was talking about an immeasurable and innumerable dimension of productivity. The word ‘fill the whole earth’ or ‘replenish the world’ gives us a clue.
Remember when the command and commissioning happened, the entire human race and animals were wiped out except those on the ark. The earth is vast, and thus could only be replenished through the principles of fruitfulness and multiplication. Therefore, fruitfulness is the ability to (re)produce and multiplication is the product thereof.
Remember when the command and commissioning happened, the entire human race and animals were wiped out except those on the ark. The earth is vast, and thus could only be replenished through the principles of fruitfulness and multiplication. Therefore, fruitfulness is the ability to (re)produce and multiplication is the product thereof.
Can multiplication take place without fruitfulness? No. Multiplication means increase in progression, not in arithmetic progression but in exponential dimensions. Whatever you touch will be multiplied exponentially. You will record your increase or growth in a powerful dimension. You will reproduce [develop, grow, proliferate] in all areas of your life when you key into this blessing of fruitfulness, multiplication and replenishment. God said to us, “Replenish the earth.” So nothing will by any means stop you.
Finally to replenish means to fill, refill, stock up and restock. What is it that you lost in 2011? What is that thing you are believing God for? Is it a life partner, the salvation of a loved one? Whatever it is know that whatever the enemy killed, stole and destroyed will be restored and replenished, THIS YEAR. Receive it in Jesus Name!
Confession for today
Father in the name of Jesus, I receive the mandate to be fruitful. I decree and declare that I am fruitful. Whatever good thing You have given me will bear fruit this year. I reject bareness for my life and destiny.
Let my body be quickened by the Spirit of God to be fruitful and healthy. Let the work of my hands be productive and help me contact lasting prosperity. Let my prayer life bear fruit in Jesus name. Let me only speak and confess what is fruitful for my life and destiny, this year. I refuse to live in the past, I am moving forward, no power will stop me in Jesus name. I recover everything the devil stole from me in Jesus name.
In the name of Jesus, I receive the power from on high to operate in immeasurable and innumerable dimensions of productivity in 2012. Whatever good thing I touch will be multiplied exponentially. I will record my increase and growth in a powerful dimension this year. In the name of Jesus, I will reproduce [develop, grow, proliferate] in all areas of my life (insert relationship with God, prayer life, career, marriage, relationships, family etc.). AMEN!
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