You are created to rule and to reign, you’re not created to be a slave nor to be dominated by any devil or human beings.
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 fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.(Genesis 1:26 KJV)
And God said; let man have dominion over; (1) Fish of the sea; i.e. things beneath the earth, (2) over the fowls of the air; i.e. things above the sky, (3) over the cattle i.e. things on the surface. “We have the top, below and surface i.e. all the realms of existence on earth is been covered” and over all the earth. God didn’t say have dominion over other people; man wasn’t created to be ruled or directed by manipulation. God didn’t give us dominion over other people; he gave us power over the earth, and the good thing also, God said let man; who is a man? A man is a spirit with a body. So, no other being is mandated to have dominion over you.
Previously, we looked at the reality of our royalty. When the eyes of your understanding has been enlightened, to see the reality of your royalty; no devil will be able to manipulate you, to think as a slave, because you have the heart of a king. The same way you can’t be thinking as a slave and end up in the palace; it’s impossible! That’s why the bible says as a man thinks; so he is. You’re not created to be dominated by any devil or Circumstances; but you are to be in-charge. In Genesis 1:26, we are to have dominion, if the Almighty God has created us in his image, then we are to dominate; because he is a God of dominion.
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (Genesis 2:7KJV)
How can the spirit of God be in you, and still be dominated by the devil or any circumstances; it’s impossible! If you’re flying in a plane, you and the pilot are in the same altitude; so, if Christ his in you and you’re in Christ, ( the bible says Christ is seated in heavenly realms; far above principalities), so if you’re seated in Christ; you’re in the same altitude with him far above principalities and power; so you’re packaged to have dominion.
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:- All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!(Psalm 8:6-9 KJV).
Everything that God created; he allowed man to have dominion over them. David here was re-phrasing Genesis 1:26 by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit that we are to have dominion. We are to be conscious of our royalty and not begged into it; we are born into it; to be a king.
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; (Revelation 5:9KJV)!
We have been redeemed to reign and rule over any kindred (language, black or white…).
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. I have said, ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.- But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.(Psalm 82:5-7 KJV).
Darkness means ignorance. The bible says the foundation of your life is the revelation of who you are; your true identity, the most high his living in you; ye are god’s ( and that was why they killed Jesus; because they could not grab this reality, they knew his father (Joseph) who is a carpenter and also his mother (Mary) and him (Jesus) who walks the street of Nazareth) that was the reason they refused to hear him when he came to preach in Nazareth ( they became offended). They were created to be gods, but are being like men; because they didn’t know, they were created to be a ruler. For instance, a person created to be a car manufacturer, but his begging to be employed as a mechanic in a company, or a person created to be a constructor, that’s begging to be a labourer somewhere; this is because he could not see the reality of what God has packaged in him. The picture of our dominion is that we are created to rule as kings; the bible says; ye are gods. It’s written that “Ye are gods” and this scripture cannot be broken.
Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. – He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. – And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;- They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.(Mark 16:14-18KJV).
After Jesus resurrected, Jesus appeared to his disciples and he said unto them, go ye into the whole world and preach the gospel to every creature, what is the gospel? It’s the good news. The problem is ignorance, not the devil; because we have been given power over the devil. Exercise your dominion; don’t be afraid of any devil. He says these signs shall follow them; they shall cast out demons, take up serpent (serpent in the bible means the devil) and Acts 1:8 also talks about authority and power.