June 8 - Called to Grow General

By Paul Machira, All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi

God blessed them and said to them “Be fruitful and increase in number, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the face of the earth. Gen. 1:28

The first instruction given to Adam and Eve at creation after being blessed by the creator, was for them to increase in number, fill the earth and subdue it. Interestingly, there is no mention of Adam and Eve being given some form of training on how to do what they were being asked to do. Indeed, there were no schools or colleges as yet they could enroll into and get trained on agriculture or environmental protection or marine biology or any of the disciplines they would need. One would then dare ask, “How on earth were they going to do it?” “Did the Lord err by giving an instruction he had not made provision for?”