Be Ye First Fruitful
Monday, November 13, 2023
The Bikoreem
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. Messiah rose on "first fruits" because His resurrection is the first fruits from the dead. It had never been done before. Messiah 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 Messiah 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.

Today's Mission
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.

Colossians 1:10
10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Be assured that from the first day we heard of you, we haven’t stopped praying for you, asking God to give you wise minds and spirits attuned to his will, and so acquire a thorough understanding of the ways in which God works. We pray that you’ll live well for the Master, making him proud of you as you work hard in his orchard. As you learn more and more how God works, you will learn how to do your work. We pray that you’ll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul—not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives. It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy, thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for us.

Have a blessed day and week.
May Yeshua Hamashiach bless you,
Love, Lizzy