God gave us dominion!

In life’s crisis sometimes we feel less than strong, far from feeling dominion, burdened, enslaved by the fears and concerns. But God gave man dominion over all things. He put everything under man’s feet (power) so that Man is the free born not the enslaved by matter, by cares, by fears.

It is said in the very first book, the very first chapter of the Holy Bible in Genesis, “God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl in the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”¹

Dominion is the “Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling. Power to direct, control, use and dispose of at pleasure; right of possession and use…Territory under a government; …right of governing…” Man has been given dominion not enslavement! Man has been given ‘sovereign or supreme authority’. Are we acting like we have dominion? Or are we bowing down to all the hardships this life is throwing at us?

David questions and marvels in his Psalms, “What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:”²

We have been given dominion. To practice dominion is to learn how to say, “NO” to all falsehoods. To those things that are not like God, the lies, fears, temptations, doubts, concerns, based upon the serpentine suggestions of all errors concerning the truth about God and Man. These falsehoods can and must be removed from our thoughts and lives. God is good, perfect, All. Man is His perfect image and likeness. He cannot be anything less than God’s perfection as His image and likeness. Therefore the false conclusions, the aggressive demonic suggestions, the lies put upon man must and can be removed. Man is Godlike. When he knows what he is as ***God’s offspring, all that God is is manifested through Man, God’s image. Man has the dominion to stop following lies and instead see himself as reflecting all that God has made him to be, perfect, whole, and free.

Let us today start thinking of ourselves as God’s image and likeness. Let us see how those thoughts help us gain dominion over the enslaving beliefs of fear, doubt, concerns and sickness. Because God cannot fear, be in doubt of His Perfection, concerned about the future or any lack, nor can God be sick or die, in actuality neither can His perfect image and likeness, Man. Let us regain our dominion through His Truth, Life and Love. Let us start taking back our lives through the simple but strong statement, “NO” and the why, because we are God’s offspring.

Gentle Hugs

1 The King James Version of The Holy Bible Genesis 1: 26-28
2 ibid Psalms 8 vss. 4-6