BE FRUITFUL

“Then God blessed them, saying, ‘Be fruitful, multiply and fill the water of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.’”
Genesis 1:22

As we look in this section of the Parashah, we read of Adonai’s creation on the fourth and fifth days. It is on these days that Adonai creates the sun and the moon, as well as the animals of the sky, land, and water. The only command given by Adonai to the animals is the same command He would later give His next creation in Genesis 1:28, that being people. They were to be fruitful and multiply.
Giving thought to these words this morning while walking, I could not help but to consider the words in III John 2 which read, “Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is greatly getting along.” We are probably better versed in the King James Version when it comes to this verse, but the point is still the same. John writes wishing that we are prospering even as our soul is prospering.
Could it be that while Adonai’s command to be fruitful and multiply has physical meaning, that maybe it also has a deeper spiritual meaning? Adonai desires that we procreate, but He is as concerned with the fruitfulness and multiplicity of our heart toward Him. It is in this understanding that I challenge you today to evaluate. Have you been obeying His word, being fruitful in spirit just as you probably have been fruitful in the physical?

GENESIS 1:14-23