{"id":35,"date":"2019-04-30T07:41:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T07:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bridgeterhabor.org\/blog\/?p=35"},"modified":"2019-04-30T07:48:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T07:48:12","slug":"walking-in-dominion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridgeterhabor.org\/blog\/walking-in-dominion\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking in Dominion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The word \u201cDominion\u201d means sovereign<\/em>. As I meditated on the word dominion, strength and\nopposition came to mind. This means that if we are supposed to dominate, there\nmust be a level of opposition. Genesis 1:28 says, \u201cThen God blessed them, and God\nsaid to them, \u201cBe fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it;\nhave dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over\nevery living thing that moves on the earth.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To subdue<\/em> means\n\u201cto bring under control either by physical force or persuasion\u201d. So if you are\nnot persuaded, I might have to do it physically. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In our individual lives, there is a struggle or things that\nwant to struggle with us, for the authority and power God has given us e.g. our\nemotions; finances etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When God created the world, He had a choice to make it,\ndestroy it or put us in charge. He chose to give it to us. Genesis 1:1 says, in\nthe beginning God created the heavens and the earth. He took the heavens and\ngave us Earth to rule over. Genesis 1:26 says, \u201cThen God said, \u201cLet Us make man\nin Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish\nof the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth\nand over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He had this plan from the beginning. In verse 28 of Genesis\n1, God said fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish and sea,\nover the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth,\nyet some of us are still afraid of creepy crawlies e.g. worms, snakes etc. Even\nroaches, if they refuse to leave your kitchen, use physical force. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

God has the power of choice and He gave us this same choice,\nDeut 30:19 says, \u201cI call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have\nset before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life,\nthat both you and your descendants may live.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

God could have said, \u201cYou don\u2019t have a choice \u2013 choose life\u201d\nbut He gave man a choice. He said He made us in His image so if He (Godhead)\nhave a choice, so must man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life is more than that breath in my nostrils. There is\nsomething more than life that God is and it produces love, peace and joy, so if\nyou are a Christian and you are sad all the time, and there is dissatisfaction then\nyou have chosen unbelief. If we are truly living like Gods intends us to, that\nis walking in dominion then we will enjoy life e.g. joy, peace, and everything\nGod has given us to enjoy. That is why we need to know what it means to walk in\ndominion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genesis 1:1 <\/em><\/strong>God is a creator. How do we know?  The bible said in the beginning, \u201cGod created.\u201d\nEven though God is the creator, we have the same ability to create and\nrecreate. What do I mean? If you are going through certain situations and you\ndon\u2019t like it, recreate it. You have the ability and power to do so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Romans 4:17 <\/em><\/strong>God calls those things\nthat be not as though they were. The words that we speak out of our mouths are\nso important. It doesn\u2019t matter what are situation and our circumstances look\nlike. The way you can recreate your situation is by calling those things that\nbe not as though they are. E.g. you may not be rich now, or you may be sick,\nbut you confess that you are rich, and you are well. People may think you are\ncrazy but you just go on confessing what the word of God says. Be like God, \u201ccall\nthose things that be not as though they were.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rev 1:5-6 <\/em><\/strong>says we have been made kings and priests. One of our priestly\nduties is intercession and that includes speaking. You should not just pray for\nyourself because it is our duty as priests to intercede for others. When we see\npeople dying it is our fault because God has given us dominion.  The bible says that whatever Adam called the\nanimals, it was so. What name are you giving to what is going on around? What\nare you saying about the Church? What are you saying about the body of Christ? God\nsaid, \u201cI am building My Church and the gates of hell will not prevail against\nit.\u201d They are a few people going around saying there is too much sin in the Church\nand yet they are not praying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Someti mes you hear certain prominent preachers saying things\nlike, \u201cI know you didn\u2019t hear me\u201d and some other negative words. They may seem\ninsignificant but they matter a lot. Eccles 8:4 <\/em><\/strong>says, \u201cwhere the word of\nthe king is, there is power.\u201d Power <\/strong>is\nthe dynamic ability to change things. Faith is not complete till we have heard<\/strong> the Word, believed<\/strong> the Word, spoken the Word and acted<\/strong> on the Word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The word \u201cDominion\u201d means sovereign. As I meditated on the word dominion, strength and opposition came to mind. This means that if we are supposed to dominate, there must be a level of opposition. Genesis 1:28 says, \u201cThen God blessed them, and God said to them, \u201cBe fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bridgeterhabor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/key.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgeterhabor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgeterhabor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgeterhabor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgeterhabor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgeterhabor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bridgeterhabor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36,"href":"https:\/\/bridgeterhabor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions\/36"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgeterhabor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridgeterhabor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgeterhabor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridgeterhabor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}