SUBDUE!

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Dominion over the affairs of this world is your heritage. If you are not dominating at the moment, you have not started living the kind of life God wants for you.

 "God blessed them and 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 1:28).

God created Man after He had created many other things - light, birds, fish, cattle, etc. Even though He blessed the birds and the fish to be fruitful and multiply like Man, none of His creation did He bless to "subdue the earth" except Man. Man was the only creation God blessed to "subdue".

According to the dictionary, to subdue means: to overcome, make quiet and bring under control by force. It is obvious that this word is a military word - a word of force and power. God empowered Man when He blessed them. You cannot overcome what you don't have power over.

What then was Man blessed to overcome and forcefully bring under control?
  • The fish of the sea: "...have dominion over the fish of the sea..." (Genesis 1:28). It is clearly stated by God from this scripture that fish, no matter how big or small is to be under the control of Man. Since then fish has not been a problem as Man up till this moment catches and eats fish at will.
  • The birds of the air: "...have dominion...over the birds of the air..." (Genesis 1:28). Till this moment, Man still exercises his power over all kinds of bird. He eats some and keeps some as pet.
  • Every living thing that moves on the earth: "...have dominion...over  every living thing that moves on the earth." (Genesis 1:28). Apart from cattle and wild animals which were among the living things that Man was to bring under control, there was another being that was moving and still moves today on the face of the earth - Satan (Job 1:7).
Man was empowered by God to subdue Satan; to make him quiet and forcefully bring him under control on the face of the earth. Unfortunately, the opposite is what is happening. Today, many people are being dominated by Satan and his tricks.

If you are not dominating that devil, you have not started living the kind of life God wants for you. Thanks to Jesus Christ who has restored back to Man the authority and power that the devil stole from us.

Accept Jesus Christ into your life today to repossess the mighty power of God and learn how to use it towards living the God kind of life. Through Jesus Christ, you can indeed "subdue."

God bless you.

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