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Bearing fruit in 2005
God has called each one of us to bear fruit. Fruit is very specific in that it tastes best at the right time. If you eat fruit like grapes to early, it will be sour and hard, eat it to late and it is overripe and terrible. So bearing fruit at the right time in the spiritual realm is important. We must be able to discern the times and know what the Holy Spirit is saying for now. Seasons come and go over every nation, city, church, business and individual. It is your responsibility to know what is the time on the spiritual clock of Jesus for a specific time. Today we will look at Joseph and see how he could discern the times and influence nations. People hated Joseph and often did him in for instance his brothers, Pothifar's wife, and the butler.
God viewed him differently. Genesis 39vers 2: The Lord was with Joseph and he was a successful man. ( Even though he was a slave) All he did prospered in his hand.
vers 5: The Lord blessed the Egyptians house because Joseph was in it. vers 21: The Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy. (Even though he was in prison) vers 23: whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper. This super natural blessing combined with the hard work Col. 3:22-25 and patience that Joseph had resulted in him being blessed at all times. He resisted temptation many times. Jas. 4:7; 2 Tim 2:22 He maintained his supernatural blessing it did not matter where he was, in prison, as a slave or wherever.He could really discern the times.. 1 Cor 4:1-2, Math 16:3. It resulted in blessing for those surrounding him Do we have the same result on our places of work' Genesis 41 Pharaoh the evil Egyptian king understood that his dreams has spiritual meaning and insisted on a revelation he understood that this was a critical time in the history of Egypt. So we if we are in positions of authority should be in tune. Joseph was able to interpret what was happening in the spiritual realm. Due to the obedience of the pharaoh it resulted in blessing for Egypt. God wants to bless ......
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