Mensa Otabil - Called to be Fruitful

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Welcome to day number 26 of our 40 days of power. I trust that you are growing spiritually. You are mounting up wings like an eagle, and you’re trusting God to honor His word in your life.

Genesis chapter 1, verse 28, is one of my favorite verses in the Bible. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, «Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth, subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.» This is what God said to our first parents after He created them. This is His promise to mankind. It comes in the form of a command: be fruitful. But in another sense, it’s also a promise because it is God’s expectation for mankind that they will be fruitful. God created us to be fruitful people. He created you to be a fruitful person, and so we must be fruitful. Usually, we limit this command to having children.

So when we talk about being fruitful, people instantly think about having children, which is part of the command. But fruitfulness goes beyond having children. It touches every area of our lives. We can be fruitful with our ideas; our minds can be fruitful, our hands can be fruitful, our spirits can be fruitful. And so, when you look through the Bible, you find that there are many ways of fruitfulness. God likens fruitfulness in many different forms.

When our minds become fruitful, they produce ideas. When our hands become fruitful, they produce works that we can see. When our spirits are fruitful, they produce virtue and character. So these are some of the ways in which we can be fruitful. When God says, «Be fruitful,» He means let every part of you be productive. God has called us to productivity, and because He has called us to productivity, He has equipped us to be fruitful.

Now, if you take a good look around you, everything around you is a manifestation of fruitfulness. Whether it’s a chair you sit on, that’s the fruit of somebody’s labor. The table is the fruit of somebody’s labor. The microphone is the fruit of somebody’s labor. The book you’re reading is the fruit of somebody’s labor. So all of these things are expressions of fruitfulness.

Part of what God wants to do with our lives is to have our lives be fruitful and full of fruit, so that every time, every moment, in every area of our lives, people can look at us and say this is a productive person. The concept that I want to leave with you is that God has called us to fruitfulness. It’s a calling. And because He has called us to be fruitful, we will be fruitful. He has given us what it takes to be productive. Not only has He called us to be fruitful, God has gifted us with the seeds to be fruitful.

So whatever we need, whether it’s a talent, a gift, or an idea, God gifts it to us for us to be fruitful. And not only that, He has anointed us with the power to be fruitful. So whatever power is required for you to be fruitful, God has given it to you. That means that when you want to be fruitful, nothing can stop you because you are anointed for it. You have the seeds for it, and you have the calling on your life to be fruitful. You have nothing that can stand against this triple dose of God’s investment in your life to make you fruitful.

So today, as we claim the promises of God, you want to claim the blessing of fruitfulness in your life, that every work of your hand will be fruitful, that the ideas that God gives you will be fruitful, that the things you touch will be fruitful, and that nothing will be fruitless in your life. That’s God’s promise to you, and you can receive it.

So let’s pray. Say with me, «Heavenly Father, You are my Creator. Inspire me with creative ideas and concepts to do my work. In Jesus' name, Amen.» And Amen.