Genesis‬ ‭1‬:‭26 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.”

Contrary to popular belief, God is NOT in control. Mankind is in control. As we can see from the scripture above, God gave mankind dominion over everything in the earth. Psalm 8:6 says, God gave mankind dominion over everything He created. We see mankind’s control in the earth in the life and death of Jesus. Jesus pushed His Godhead aside, operated in this earth as a man, and died as a man to redeem mankind.

Another way we know mankind is in control is through the concept of prayer. If God was in control, why would Luke 18:1 instruct us to pray? If God was in control, He wouldn’t need us to pray. He would do whatever He wanted whenever He wanted. The reason we pray is to allow God’s power to operate in this earth through us. Everything God does in this earth has to be done through a person.

Religion will tell us, God is in control. That sounds comforting until something goes wrong. Then, people want to blame and lose their faith in God for allowing a tragic event to happen. Everything that happens in this earth (good or bad) is because of a man.

What does this mean for us? This means we need to start using the authority Jesus gave us in Luke 10:19 and change the world. Renew your mind to this truth…God gave mankind control over everything (the weather, finances, death, etc.). Besides the will of another person, God has given us dominion over everything. Use this dominion to change your world.

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