Be Fruitful and Multiply

Genesis 1-2; Luke 1

“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

“’The Lord has done this for me,’ she said. ‘In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.’”

Luke 1:25

It is God’s intention that we live under his blessing and flourish. To be spiritually ‘fruitful and multiply’ is to evidence the character of Jesus and lead others to him. This should be normal. The stigma Elizabeth felt as the barren wife of a priest was lifted as God enabled her to bear a son. ‘In these days’ let us pray for God’s favor and blessing that we, too, will bear spiritual children, being fruitful and multiplying both as Christ-followers and as churches. The Church in the majority world is experiencing a spiritual harvest as never before.

Like Elizabeth, will we call out to the Lord, and will we pray that in these days, we, too, could be fruitful and multiply?

“Lord Jesus, you alone can open my capacity to multiply in these last days, for your glory.”