Created for Dominion

“Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the bir...

“Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."  

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." Genesis 1:26-28 

The word dominion means ‘to rule over nature’. The idea is that human beings are created to be in charge of the whole world and to take over every fish of the sea and over all birds of the heaven and over every creeping creature.  This gave man created in the image of God the right to use world’s natural resources for our own benefit.

We have Power and Authority to take over and subdue the earth.  God has made room for us.  We are the head and not the tail, “And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee (Deuteronomy 28:13).

If we are to subdue the earth, it means. God has given us authority over snakes, scorpions and all the power of the enemies and nothing shall harm us (Luke 10:19).

As God’s creation, he made provisions before we were even created. He has given us the responsibility of a care taking or stewardship role to go into the world and preach the gospel.

To conclude,  God has made room  for us on earth to rule as a true believer  of the faith  taking  dominion because the one who is in us is greater than the one who is in the world (1 John 4:4). There is nothing too difficult for   God to overcome, we must always obey and trust the author and finisher of our faith.

PRAYER POINTS

 1. Father, we thank You for the fifth day of this year’s prayer and fasting spiritual exercise; we thank You for the blessings of the previous days and the blessings we will receive today in the name of Jesus.

2. Father, we thank You for fearfully and wonderfully making us in Your image and likeness for Your glory in the name of Jesus (Psalm 139:14).

3. Lord, forgive all our sins that may stand as hindrance to our prayers today in the name of Jesus (Isaiah 59:1-2).

4. Wherever and whenever we have fallen short of Your standard and expectation of creating us in Your image and likeness, merciful Lord, pardon and forgive us in the name of Jesus (Romans 3:23).

5. Holy Spirit divine, have Your way in our midst today; pray with us, pray in us, pray through us, and pray for us in the name of Jesus (Romans 8:26).

6. Father, help us henceforth to get serious with our dominion mandate that we have been reckless and careless with, in the name of Jesus (2 Corinthians 2:11).

7. From now henceforth, we take dominion afresh over whatever (sin, Satan, flesh etc) that might have been ruling over us in the name of Jesus (Rom. 6:14; Gal. 5:16-17).

8. By the power in the name of Jesus, we subdue forces of evil, principalities and power contending against our overall well-being; we render them powerless in the name of Jesus (Ephesians 1:21).

9. Lord, more than before, help us to make good use of the things You have created for our pleasure; help us not to abuse them in the name Jesus (Genesis 1:28-30).

10. We declare powerless with immediate effect those who by diabolic power are using the things You have created to perpetrate evil against us, in the name of Jesus (Isaiah 54:17).

11. We are the children of the Kingdom, so we take our rightful place on earth, we begin to walk in power, authority, and control in the name of Jesus (Mark 16:17-18; Jeremiah 1:10).

12. All our rights and privileges as a chosen generation, a peculiar people and a holy priesthood that we have forfeited somehow, we claim them back now in the name of Jesus (1 Peter 2:9).

13. Our Father in heaven, we are Your children and joint heirs with our Lord, Jesus Christ; we will remain Your children forever and not as bastards in the name of Jesus (Romans 8:16-17).

14. At the end of our temporary sojourn on earth, Lord Jesus grant us the grace to reign eternally with You in Your name we pray (John 14:3).

15. Father, we thank You again for this fifth day of prayer; let Your grace grant favourable and speedy answers to our prayers in the name of Jesus (Jeremiah 33:3).