Deuteronomy 1:11
(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
This is the thousandfold blessing. God is able to make you a thousand times so much more in blessing.
let us uncover a divine principle in the bible as we proceed: every material miracle requires a material seed.
Back in the old, we find this unique story which event occurred in the days of Elisha the prophet. A man of God had died and left behind a widowed wife and two sons with some debts unpaid. So, the creditors came to redeem the two sons of this man of God whom he had used for collateral. In view of this, the widowed wife cried to the prophet Elisha for help. In response, the prophet asked the woman a vital question which reveals the biblical principle we want to uncover. He asked “…what has thou in the house?…” (2Kings 4:2a). The widow responded “…Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.” (2Kings 4:2b). In summary, God used that little pot of oil to turnaround the fortunes of this widow and her household such that she had more than enough to pay off her debts and had surplus funds left to live on (See 2Kings 4:1-7 for full story).
Similarly in the new testament, when Jesus was confronted with a challenge of feeding a multitude of people (well over five thousand), he asked for what was available. It was a meager five loaves of bread and two fishes. In the natural, that was woefully inadequate to feed over five thousand people. But what happened? When Jesus took that meager supply from the disciples and blessed it, it multiplied a thousand times. So five thousand men (beside women and children) were fed to the full and they had twelve baskets of the divine supply remaining.
Lets see Matthew 14:15-21 for a full account of this story.
Matthew 14:15-21
(15) And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
(16) But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
(17) And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
(18) He said, Bring them hither to me.
(19) And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, HE BLESSED, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
(20) And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
(21) And they that had eaten were ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND men, beside women and children.
So what activates the thousandfold blessing? It is your seed (that is what you have in your hand that seems inadequate)--it could be a material seed such as money, a gift/talent or an idea. Place that seed in the hands of God. If it is a non-material/non-financial seed (the gift/talent/endowment or idea) use it for His glory and see what he’ll do with it. The disciples said to the Master (Jesus) in verse 17 of our scripture passage (above), “…We have but five loaves of bread, and two fishes”. In other-words, what we have is woefully in adequate to feed this multitude. In the next verse (18), Jesus said to them, “…bring them to me…”. In the verse that follows the Word says He blessed the fives loaves and two fishes and what happened? There was a supernatural multiplication of that seed such that 12 baskets full of blessings remained after five thousand men besides women and children were fed to the full.
Five thousand and over were fed from a little seed of five loaves and two fishes. That is the Thousandfold blessing, and it was activated by a material seed. When God’s blessing comes upon your seed that you release to him, you can experience an abundant harvest of the thousandfold blessing, as clearly demonstrated in the life of the disciples of Christ.
For double emphasis, God allowed this miracle to happen twice in the disciples’ walk with Jesus, so as to extinguish any idea that this happened merely by chance (the second account of this miracle is recorded in Matthew 15:32-38 and Mark 8:1-9).
When what is in your hand cannot meet the needs of the moment, turn it to a seed with a grateful heart and watch God repeat this same miracle in your own life. Bible says He is the Lord He changes not (Malachi 3:6, paraphrased). God has not changed. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever (Hebrews 13:8, paraphrased). So may you come into agreement with Him today so the thousandfold blessing can be activated in your own life too.
(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) - Deuteronomy 1:11
Meanwhile, having a relationship with God through His Son Jesus Christ is a fundamental requirement to become a beneficiary of any of God’s blessings. If you desire to establish this relationship, then let us pray.
Please say the following prayer and mean it from your heart:
I believe that Jesus is the Son of God who came to die for my sins and I confess Him as Lord and Saviour. Thank you Lord for saving me.
Amen.
Congratulations! if you said that prayer. The Word of God says you are now a new creature and old things are passed away. All things are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17). In other-words, God will never call your past life (sins/faults) to remembrance. They are totally forgiven and forgotten. Check this:
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. (Isaiah 43:25)
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more (Hebrews 8:12 )
If you have said this prayer, we encourage you to get into a bible believing church near you where you can grow in the Lord (1st Peter 2:2 and 2nd Samuel 7:10) . Also, continue to follow us on our social media platforms (YouTube@josephmasiam, Facebook@mawudema). We’d love to hear from you!
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