Be Fruitful
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How fruitful is your life? How are you filling the earth and cultivating it? In what ways is your exercise of control over the things of this world bringing about fruit?
God spoke to the first human beings at creation “And God blessed them. And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”’ (Genesis 1:28, ESV).
God blessed humanity in the very beginning and gave us the work of being fruitful. We are called to exercise dominion over the earth, to fill the earth, and to make it submissive to our cultivation, care, and good use.
May we fulfill this cultural mandate to be fruitful, to exercise dominion over the earth, to subdue it, and to develop its full potential.
A Collect for Grace: “O Lord, our heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God, you have brought us safely to the beginning of this day: Defend us by your mighty power, that we may not fall into sin nor run into any danger; and that, guided by your Spirit, we may do what is righteous in your sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
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