Principle of fertilization

Genesis 1

• Incubation - verse 2 - the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
• Proclamation - verse 3 - And God said.
• Revelation - verse 3 - Let there be light...understanding of what God wants, when there is light you can see things that otherwise you couldn't.
• Expansion - verse 6 - Let there be an expanse.
• Fertilization - verses 9-13

Fertilization

Is the capacity of being fruitful. All the creative acts of God from Genesis 1:1 through Genesis 1:25 were done so that man could be placed on that creation, so that the one who was going to be created on the sixth day could live in fullness.

In this passage God spoke twice instead of once, in verses 9 and 11. Here God doesn't create anything He just says "be gathered together" (v. 9). The waters were already created but they were covering the earth.

2 Peter 3:5 - For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God.

Psalms 24:1-2 - The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.

Jeremiah 5:22 - Do you not fear me? declares the LORD; Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.

Psalms 104: 5-9 - He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved. You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight. The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them. You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.

Job 26:10 - He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

Psalms 33:7 - He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses.

Proverbs 8:29 - when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

The waters were surrounding all the earth but for whom was the earth created? For man. Man couldn't live on the earth the way it was, it was not an environment for him. The waters had to occupy a space in a way that they could be a blessing towards man but also that they would allow man to live on earth as well.

If you look at a globe, you'll see that all the waters on earth are united at one place or another. All the rivers run towards the sea, but the sea never overflows or fills. All the waters in the world go towards the sea but the sea never fills. The Nile, the Mississippi, the Missouri. Are they capable of filling out the sea? No...because the waters were "gathered together into one place" to leave a space for man. Verse 10 says: "and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas."

1. Gathering together

God didn't create anything new, this time He simply arranged what was already created. To arrange it (or give order to it) He had to "gather", to "place together". A person who has no order in his life will never be fertile. If you are a parent who lets his child go to sleep at whatever time he wants to go to sleep, or to wake up at whatever time he wants to wake up, or to demand this and that from you. Beware!

To be fertile you have to "gather together" what God has given you. Learn how to "gather together" things that are positive. People who love God should surround themselves with people who also love God. People of faith with other people of faith. If a person likes to gossip, he'll get together with another person who also likes to gossip.

To be able to "gather together" you also have to separate. The waters couldn't be on the sea and on the earth at the same time. To be able to join someone you'll probably have to separate yourself from someone else. To link with a good habit, you'll have to separate yourself from the bad habit. To link with faith, you'll have to separate yourself from incredulity. To link with courage, you'll have to separate yourself from fear. To unite with holiness, you have to separate yourself from sin. To unite with things of God, you have to separate yourself from things of the world. Whatever did not joined the earth, joined the sea. The Bible talks about on 2 Cor. 6:14 about not being "unequally yoked". This not only refers to marriage but also friendships. Join or gather together with what or who is going to bless you and not with what or who is going to hold you back.

2. Discovery

Verse 9 - let the dry land appear.

The dry land that appeared now...where was it before? Under the waters. It was there but it was underwater. The problem sometimes is that we don't learn to discover what already exists. The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 1:9 that "there is nothing new under the sun." To be fertile we have to able to discover what is already there. It existed but it was covered before. Do you know how many things might be covered? Things may be covered:

• by ignorance - for example they used to place leeches on people who had a fever ignoring that it was actually worst. What helped the fever had always been there but it hadn't been discovered yet. The Bible says in Hosea 4:6 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" but it also says in James 1:5 that "if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him."
• by time - the time of uncovering has not arrived, the time arrives when God decides to uncover it.
• by powers - for example it's not convenient for oil companies that someone discovers someday how cars can run using water, because that will be the day they will loose their power. It might be a boss or a co-worker that is not letting your abilities be uncovered. But the Bible says in 1 John 4:4 "for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world", Jeremiah 20:11 "But the LORD is with me as a dread warrior", 2 Cor. 10:4 "For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds".
• by the devil - God sometimes allows the devil to do things...for example Job didn't know that everything that was happening to him, the loss of goods, death of his children, his illness, where all because satan had asked God for him. When the trial was over Job said: "I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge? 'Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. 'Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you make it known to me.' I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes." Also read Luke 22:31 and Job 1:7-12 where it says "The LORD said to Satan, "From where have you come?" Satan answered the LORD and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it." And the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?" Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "Does Job fear God for no reason? Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face." And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand." So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD." Notice how satan doesn't say "let me stretch out my hand and touch all that he has"? He can't touch us unless God gives him permission to do so. The Bible also says in Luke 10:19 "I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you" and in Romans 16:20 "The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet".
• by God himself - in 2 Kings 4:27 when the Shunammite came to Elisha he said "the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me." In 1 Samuel 16:6-7 God did not reveal to Samuel at first which of Jesse's sons was going to be anointed as king. Samuel thought it was David's brother because of his appearance - "When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD's anointed is before him." But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart." The one God wanted for king was covered. God covers things from us because he might want us to be dependent on Him and only on Him, or He wants us to be sensible to what He wants to do in us. We just have to keep on going, trusting Him.

But God do wants us to discover. How many talents might be covered? Maybe by memories, maybe by your subconscious that remembers how that stepfather treated you, maybe by poverty, maybe by a low self-esteem. The gifts and talents are there but they might be covered. For example Beethoven, deafness wanted to cover him, but it was then that he composed the most beautiful music. Great painters started to paint when they were over 60 years of age, don't let age cover you.

Discover the dry land, which exists, but that we don't know it does. However...God does know. The Bible says in Isaiah 45:3 " I will give you the treasures of darkness and the hoards in secret places". When you start discovering the secrets God wants to give you, you'll start producing also.

Father please uncover what it's in me that I don't know.

Genesis 28:16 - "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it."

3. Production

Verse 11.

While the land is covered there is no production. Why didn't God tell the land to produce before? Because it was covered by the waters. God didn't say "let there be plants" or "let there be trees", He said "sprout" "produce". It means that the seed was already in the land. When God lets you uncover something or when He uncovers something, it comes with the seed, with the capacity to germinate, to produce. On the dry land was the seed of fertility but the waters were a hindrance. When your mind is filled with anxiety, worries, beer, smoke from cigarettes or marihuana you can't produce anything. You have to separate and gather together, you have to discover and then you'll produce. Production is a process. First you join, you gather together (gather everything positive); then you discover (ask God to uncover what might be covered) then God said produce (sprout). This is a process is not instantaneous. What did the land sprout? verse 12 "The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind". The plants and the trees were to sustain whatever later was going to sustain man. To guarantee that there would be new plants, the plants had a seed. If you eat the seed instead of sowing it, you are going to be left without plants.

The tree gives fruits and inside the fruits is the seed. The tree is a longer process than the plant and it has to do with what you do in life. It needs growth, development and maturing. The plants are of short duration the trees are of long life. Let God form you as a tree to bear fruit. The trees provide shadow and animals come and have shelter on them. The land was uncovered so that there would be trees.

Psalms 1:1-3 "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers."

4. Foresight and provision

God foresees and provides beforehand. He didn't wait until the animals (they weren't created until the 5th day) or man were created. He prepared everything in advance. God can provide before the need comes. There doesn't have to be a need for Him to provide. He is preparing you for something that He knows is coming but you don't. He might be giving you money for a future shortage. He might be giving you a strength of character for a future trial. He might be revealing something in His word for you to share later with somebody else.

It also says in verse 12 that everything was "according to its kind". You can't sow an apple seed and expect to have a fig tree or reap grapes. Of course you will be reaping apples. He who sows iniquity will reap iniquity. He who sows resentment will reap resentment. It says in Galatians 6:7 "Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap." Choose the good seed...if you sow faith you'll reap faith; if you sow love you'll reap love. The type of seed you sow will determine what you'll produce.