Sometimes the simplest truths are also the most profound. I've been riveted for quite some time by the
fact that I must "be" before I can effectively "do". This is a truth that Wade Taylor has been driving
home for many years. Our goal must be to have godly character manifested consistently in our lives
and then our works will be productive for the Kingdom.
There is also the fact that just knowing truth is not enough, but we must live it...put it in shoe leather
and walk it out in our day to day lives. I'm reminded of Jesus' story about the house built on sand vs.
the house built on the Rock. The one built on sand was the man who heard the word of God but didn't
live it, while the house built on the rock was the man who heard the word of God and obeyed it...putting
it into action in everyday life. When the storm came (and storms will come) only the man who heard
and did the word was left standing. The man who had a head knowledge of the word of God but no life
to back it up was washed out.
God has a people in the earth right now who long to show forth His glory...so that it may be said of them
that when you see them you see the Son. These sons are pressing in to know Him...really know Him.
They are not satisfied to just go to meetings and simply hear more messages. They are spending time
in His presence crying out for His life to be manifested in flesh again...our flesh! They are giving Him
place to increase, thereby causing them to decrease. they are lifting Him up...not self...so that others
will be drawn to Him. They long to "be" like Him in hopes that their "doings" will be His.
I was talking recently with a friend about some of these things and blurted out the fact that one of the
earliest directives God gave to Adam and Eve after the fall was to "be fruitful and multiply". Wow!
That was a revelation to me! Another awesome example of the same truth! First be fruit-full ....be full
of love, joy , peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. Then
multiply...bring forth His works and doings in the earth. When we operate His way, in His order, these
works will be effectual and life giving!
So I say to you...Be fruitful and multiply!!!