In the beginning God gave man a dominion mandate over the earth and the fullness thereof. Man was made to have dominion over all things in the universe. It is written: “And 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 birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.” (Genesis 1:26)
God originally made man to walk in dominion in the earth realms. What is dominion? Dominion means government, ownership, control, kingship and headship. In essence, man has a mandate from God to govern and exercise His authority over the earth realms. All things on earth are subjected to man by divine order. God put all things under the feet of man as it is written: “What is man that thou art mindful of him and the son of man that thou dost care for him? Yet thou have made him a little less than God, and dost crown him with glory and honour. Thou has given dominion over the works of thy hands; thou has put all things under his feet,” (Psalm 8:4-6)
See, by divine order and plan, nothing was made to have dominion over man. Everything was made to be a subject to man. All things are put under your feet as a believer. Sun, moon, stars and all elements such as wind, rain, fire, etc are made subject to man. In Old Testament, we saw Joshua exercising his dominion over the sun and the moon (Joshua 10; 12-14).
Likewise Moses talked to the earth and the earth opened and swallowed his enemies. That is why you must know that circumstances on earth must not control you but you must control them. Every challenge is subject to you. Every mountain is subject to you because you have dominion over them by divine order.
Beloved, there is no problem or challenge that is greater than you in the world because you are born to rule and reign over problems of life. Hear this, problems or trials are steppingstones to your greatness in life. They are not meant to overcome you but to catapult you. They are necessary for your greatness because problems you solve become your life message. You are greater and more than any challenge of life. You are more than conquerors. That is why Jesus said that truly, truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, “be taken up and cast into the sea,” and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. (Mark 11:23).
Jesus believed in man’s dominion over every situation of life according to the bible verse above. He taught his disciples to exercise their given dominion over issues of life but it depends on their dominion consciousness or mentality. To use or demonstrate power you must be conscious of power. Similarly, to walk in dominion you must be conscious of dominion.
The question now is how to exercise your dominion over problems of life. According to Mark 11 verse 23, your tongue or mouth is the instrument through which you exercise dominion. God rule by His words. Jesus Christ our master ruled over everything by His words. He spoke to the stormy wind and it calmed down immediately. He cast out demons by his words. He raised dead people by his words.
BORN TO RULE CIRCUMSTANCES