Be Ye First Fruitful

Be Ye First Fruitful…

We’re called to be fruitful. But did you know we’re called to be first fruitful? In Hebrew, bikkurim means “first fruits.” The day of bikkurim is when the first fruits would be lifted up from the earth.

Jesus rose on “first fruits” because His resurrection is the first fruits from the dead. It had never been done before. Jesus gives you the power not just to be fruitful but to be first fruitful. That means you can bear fruit when you have never born fruit before.

When nobody loves you, you can bear the first fruit of love. When no one’s reaching out to you, be first fruitful and reach out to them. When everyone’s negative, where there’s no reason to rejoice, you be first fruitful and rejoice. Have peace and praise anyway.

Our new life begins in the tomb, when there was no reason for Jesus to come alive. So you have the same power to bear fruit when there’s no reason. You’ve heard, “Be fruitful;” but now I give you a new commandment.

Don’t just be fruitful; learn the secret of becoming first fruitful. Bear that fruit anyway.

So that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, Colossians 1:10

Look for opportunities today to be first fruitful for the Lord. Don’t react but act upon. Don’t wait for the good, shine the good.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed