Sunday, April 27, 2008

multiplication power

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1:27-28

When God created man, the Word of God says that God created us in His image and his likeness, we are to pattern ourselves after our Creator, the way we think, the way we move. therefore when God blesses man in Genesis 1:28 asking man to be fruitful and multiply, this means that God Himself also moves in the power of multiplication! Wow! And we can see this truth in the miracles performed by the prophets as well as Jesus in both the old and new testament.

However, one very important key to unlock God's multiplication power is Faith! Faith is the currency of heaven...By faith God spoke the things which are not visible into existence. When Jesus was faced with the multitude, the Bible says that Jesus already knew how He is going to deal with the situation. "But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do." (John 6:6).

A taiwanese youth pastor shared this very interesting fact in an offering message, the Bible records that there are 5000 men in Jesus's conference. Historians says that 500 recorded in the Word of God actually excludes the wives and the children, so if everyone had a wife and one child, there would have been around 15000 people there that day. Imagine there are approximately 5000 families there, how is it possible that the only food available is 5 loaves and 2 fishes belonging to a lad?

Friends, i really believe that there must be more. For the rest of the people present, its not resources that they lacked, its faith. The lad's faith is the key for unlocking the multiplication power while the rest are just a victim of the "lack mentality." Remember a ittle becomes much when its placed into the Master's hand. Experience God's multiplication power today!