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Genesis 1:1-5, 11-12, 20-28 (KJV)
1In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness
was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of
God moved upon the face of the
waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And
God saw the
light, that it was good: and God
divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God
called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the
morning were the first day.
Verse 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed,
and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his
kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And
the earth brought forth grass and
herb yielding seed after his kind, and
the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Verse 20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature
that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of
heaven. 21 And God created great whales, and every living
creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.22 And God blessed them,
saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the
earth. 23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 24 And
God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind,
cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind:
and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind,
and cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the earth after his kind:
and God saw that it was good. 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. 27 So God
created man in
his own
image, in the image of God created he
him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the
earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the
earth.
From the verses above, the following words keeps
jumping out while the Lord was creating things. They are:
Bring forth
subdue it
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In our image
Be fruitful
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After his kind
multiply
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God saw that
it was good
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whose seed
is in itself
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Brought
forth
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After our
likeness
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In his own
image etc.
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Everything on earth produces after his kind that is the seed in them. We reproduce:
Physically
(children)
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Spiritually (Soul
winning)
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Life (spiritual or carnal)
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knowledge
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Disciples
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Talents
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Wealth
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career etc
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These are all done through seeds after our kind.
Our attitude to work or what is committed into our hands is done depending on
the seed in us. If we are lazy it is a seed, if we have nonchalant attitude it
is a seed. Every output of things we see in our life / what we do is as a
result of the seed in us.
The content of our lives / image can be seen from
the following:
- Fruit we bear: 16 You shall know them by their fruits not fruit Matthew 7:15-20.
- How we think: 7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee Proverbs 23:7.
- Where / what we are sowing: 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Galatians 6:7-9 (KJV) .
- How we hear: 5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: Proverbs 1:5(KJV)
- Mark 4:24 (AMP) 24 Then He said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear. By your own standard of measurement [that is, to the extent that you study spiritual truth and apply godly wisdom] it will be measured to you [and you will be given even greater ability to respond]—and more will be given to you besides.
But to get the blessing of God of fruitfulness,
multiplication and Dominionship as a Kingdom labourer in our day to
day activities where ever we are planted or in whatever we do depend on what seed is reproducing in us.
Not until things where created after their kind
that is the way God wanted them to be that God blessed them to be fruitful,
multiply, fill and replenish the earth. There is a kind of reproduction God expects from
all His children in everything they do.
As Kingdom Labourers in the Lord’s vineyard engaged
in one service or the other which could be at home with our children, in the
house of God, at our places of work etc I see a question coming up here and the
question is, what I want God to bless, is
it after my own image or God’s own
image in me? Is it after my kind or God’s kind?
From verses 22 and 28 of Genesis chapter 1, the things God blessed are the
ones He has seen to be good according to His standard. Therefore the
things He will make to be fruitful, multiply, fill and replenish the earth in
my life are the things He has seen to be after His image which is good.
Am I bringing forth in the image and likeness of
God in my service to Him? The things He has committed into my hands to handle
are they after my kind or God’s kind in me?
My kind can be, Laziness, self-centredness, Luke
warmness, hard working etc to mention but a few. I see the Lord challenging us
today on the fact that we can only bring forth after our kind. We can only
produce from the seed we have in us and for God to bless whatever labour we are
engaged in as Kingdom Labourers , we have to start reproducing after God’s kind
in us.
Job
38:12-15 (ERV) 12 “Did you ever in your life command the morning to begin or the day to dawn? 13 Did you ever tell the morning light to grab the earth and shake
those who are evil out of their hiding places? 14 The morning light makes
the hills and valleys easy to see.
When the daylight comes to the earth, the shapes
of these places stand out like the folds of a coat. They take shape like soft
clay that is pressed with a stamp. 15 Evil people
don’t like the daylight. When it shines bright, it keeps them from doing the
bad things they do.
Therefore we want to pray and ask God for help
against the stumbling blocks that are preventing us from getting the blessings
of God on our labour.
It was when God separated the light from the
darkness that He was able to make a pronouncement of the things He wanted and
He saw that it was good when the separation had been done.
Taking counsel from Genesis chapter1:1-5 and Job
38:12-15 there are things we have to do daily before we can Bring forth
after our kind (God’s kind in us).
We want
to command the
following daily:
our lives
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our
Businesses
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our careers
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our labour
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our
calling / ministry
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our
spouses’ lives
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our
children’s lives
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our spiritual growth etc
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Prayers:
- Lord I thank you for Your truth which has come to me again.
- I thank You for Your counsel to me to command my mornings to begin / my day to dawn daily so that Your kind can be produced in me. Please accept my thanks in Jesus name.
- I bring (insert one of the above) before You today as a kingdom labourer; Spirit of God move over my life and separate light from darkness in Jesus name.
- Let everything that will come forth from me be according to Your image in me so that my labour can be good in Your sight and be blessed by You in Jesus name.
- Let Your morning light make the hills and valleys easy for me to see in Jesus name.
- Let Your daylight come upon my earth and give it shape just like it was at the beginning and let the labour of my hands be blessed and begin to stand out in Jesus Name.
- Let there be Light in my affairs from today as I command my mornings in Jesus name.
