The past and fruitfulness

Allow me to share some powerful revelation that ministers of God have been dropping on us in leadership school.

This one is hot...so there's a big possibility that u will scream when I'm done with the analogy, so watch ur environment!

This is about the Past and Fruitfulness

In the scriptures, we were made to understand that Joseph had two sons - Ephraim and Manasseh and when Jacob was about to pass away Joseph took them to Jacob's death bed and he positioned Ephraim on Jacob's left hand and Manasseh on the right, 

Israel stretched his right hand and placed it on Ephraim (who was on the left)

And placed his left hand on Manasseh (who was on the right)

Thus crossing his hands, he put his left hand on Manasseh the first born and his right hand on Ephraim who has the second born; and when Joseph noticed the crossing of the hand to stood up to correct his father, Jacob but Jacob affirmed it that he knew what he was doing saying 

"He too will become great, inspite of this his younger brother will even be greater and his descendants will become a multitude of nations"

What's the point?

If we go to the meaning of their names

Manasseh means "he made me to forget the past"

Ephraim means "he has made me fruitful"

So the message is this:

Now, most people (like Joseph did) think that u have to forget the past to become frutiful, 

but Jacob was passing a message that u have to be fruitful to forget the past.

When a woman is in labour she's in serious pain, she's groaning, she's screaming, crying and pushing - that is pain

But at the moment she delivers the child and she hears the cry of the new born all of the pain wipes away as she beams with joy and smiles

She had to be fruitful (deliver the baby) before she could forget the past (delivery pain)

So are you frustrated and angry with ur past, are u entrapped by unforgiveness and all those mind-bugging things? The solution to that is not setting out to correct the pain of yesterday, when u invest into something that will bring u joy and that thing finally yields, u wont even remember u had a tough past.

Do you feel like ure being afflicted by some unseen forces?

Know that in order to forget those that are pursuing u, u need to be pursuing something!