“And I will multiply upon you man and beast;and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and you shall know that I am the Lord”.
Ezekiel 36:11
Every thing happened in our life has a purpose. As our faith expands the Lord will multiply the seed of our growth, prosperity and peace. The above Verse is a wonderful promise. Here is Lords guarantee for us that we increase, endure and will be fruitful. He will multiply our number and strength. He will increase the fruits of our lips, the fruit of our womb, the fruit of our spirit and labour.
Psalms115:14 “ The Lord shall increase you more and more,you and your children”.
The above verse promises that the Lord will do better to us now than at the beginning of our faith walk with Him. God has reserved something better for us in future and in eternity than our expectation.He will send us the latter rain,the morning dew of His compassion and love to bless us. (Joel. 2:23)
We will know the Lord more intimately and our dependence and love for Him will increase. We will know that every increase in Joy,peace,prosperity,health,wisdom,influence,strength and grace has come from none but from the Lord Himself.
The Lord strengthen us to face our challenges and He establishes our work. The more blessed we are, we should humble ourselves more before the Lord.
James 4:10 “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,and He shall lift you up”.
This is the only way to avoid pride and defeat the temptations to take the glory for our selves. We must decrease and He must increase
John3:30 “He must increase ,but I must decrease “.
We are fearfully and wonderfully made.Psalms 139:14.. The Word ‘fruit’in this verse do not mean the material or monetary or edible fruit. The fruit from the perspective of God is the spiritual fruit of love,peace,joy,forbearance,kindness,goodness,faithfulness,gentleness andselfcontrol. (Galatians5:22)These nine qualities of the spiritual fruit is the base of all round moral, social , personal and spiritual excellence.we are chosen to bear such fruit and bear it increasingly . His Word inspire us to bear more fruit and the word gives us protection from the enemy . The “ old estate “is a metaphor for our dwelling places on earth while our “new estate”is the mansion the Lord prepares for us in the eternal realm.
We should not wait for the promises to be fulfilled but fill our hearts and minds with thanksgiving,praise and worship of the awesomeness of the Lord. He will not allow afflictions to come upon us a second time. Nahum 1:9
“…….affliction shall not rise up the second time “.We might have many difficulties to endure, many challenges to overcome but we need to be ever confident that the Lord is faithful and able to do that which He promised us
When the Lord Himself inhabit us, we are filled with hope ,assurance that the Word He has spoken to us personally will be fulfilled in His time. He is the source of our victory and provision.
Our Heavenly Father we believe and claim your promises that you are going to increase us in all areas of our life. Thank you Jesus. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
Sol.Gigi Jacob