Obeying/Occupying/Being Fruitful & Multiplying Are you doing what God told you? Are you doing and being what God intended? Gn.1.27-28 ~ 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. We talk about the "blessing" of God, and usually tend to focus more on the goods received, rather than the commission that is transferred with the blessing. The blessing is not only something you get, but it’s something you give. The blessing isn’t just for receiving, it’s for achieving. The blessing is a loving command to sow and reap and sow and reap and sow and reap. It’s WORK! God’s blessing is that He permits you the privilege of doing and being in His will. If you don’t occupy yourself doing the will of God while you’re here, you’ll end up just "hanging out" and doing foolish, idle things. Before you know it, you’ll end up thinking of something really stupid to do, wind up getting in trouble, and then end up out of school.) And know something, too…whatever happens to the ones you hang around with, will more than likely end up happening to you also. Adam and Eve were busying themselves in disobedience together (Genesis 3:6 ~ And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat). By the way, the first act of disobedience was not that they ate of the tree - it’s that they disobeyed by not adhering to the blessing pronounced upon them…to "be fruitful and multiply". Note: they didn&#...
