WELCOME TO THE LAND OF MORE AND MORE, Part 8

“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).

MORE IMPROVEMENT

The church in Thyatira kept on growing in intensity in the graces of Christ. Jesus said to them in Revelation 2:19 that their love, faith, service, and patient endurance were “MORE THAN the first.” They were greater than at the beginning. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have that testimony? To daily grow more and more in these beautiful graces.

MORE AND MIGHTIER THAN THE HEATHEN

When the children of Israel were in Egypt, they multiplied greatly. Exodus 1:7 states: “And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty, and the land was filled with them.” Wow, that’s an amazing description, isn’t it? And this wasn’t happening in good times but in times of suffering, servitude, and “bitter and hard bondage.”

Pharaoh, king of Egypt said in verse 9: “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are MORE AND MIGHTIER than we.” They were fulfilling God’s plan. God wants His people to be MORE AND MIGHTIER than the heathen round about. He wants them to fill the earth with His image—His glory, His love, His truth, His salvation, and His justice.

Pharoah became concerned and “set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens.” How did this affect the Israelites? The next verse, v.12 states: “But the more they afflicted them, the MORE THEY MULTIPIED and grew.”

What are God’s people doing in this hour? Are we more and mightier than the unbelievers? Sadly no. The ungodly are pushing their tyranny and evil upon us. They are silencing the people of God. It’s time to stand up, speak up, and multiply! MORE THAN the heathen. The more godly seed we bring into the world, the more of God’s image will fill the land. It’s time we became “MORE AND MIGHTIER” than the “Egyptians.”

I love Psalm 105:24 which says: “He increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.” Read also Isaiah 54:1-3. 

MORE PLEASING GOD

1 Thessalonians 4:1: “We beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would ABOUND MORE AND MORE.”

What a beautiful way to begin each day? “Dear Father, show me how I can please you more today.” This was Enoch’s testimony. Hebrews 11:5 says: “God translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.”

MORE PRAISE TO GOD

David confessed in Psalm 71:14: “I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee MORE AND MORE.”

Do you think we could praise God more than we are doing now? How often do you praise the Lord? It is easy to get into the grind of every day that we can forget to offer praise the Lord. It takes time to get into the habit.

There was a time when set my kitchen timer each hour to remember to praise and thank the Lord. I find that I need set times, or the time slips away y in the busyness of life. This idea came to me when I read Colossians 2:7 which encourages us to “overflow with thanksgiving.” How can I do this, I thought. I know. I can set my timer to remind me!

I am so grateful that we take time to have family devotions each morning and evening. These are times when we not only read God’s word and pray but praise the Lord with a worship song or a hymn.

PRAYER:

“Dear Father, I thank You that You are a God of increase. You want me to increase in joy, love, faith, service, patient endurance increase, and pleasing You more and more. You love to increase our families with more children. Please help me to always be increasing in all these good things. Amen.”

AFFIRMATION:

I want to live an increasing life, never a diminishing life!