Who Is In Charge?

Happy Monday everyone,

Yesterday, I explained the undiluted power which God has bestowed to every Believer in Him. In understanding this, we know that we take things which God has given us by grace in Christ Jesus. I also explained that since we are joined with Christ we have the final say just as Christ has the final say. But if we all have the final say doesn’t that confuse things? No, it doesn’t because we exercise our authority through the Holy Spirit which is the exact Spirit in Christ, and since we are in Him, we do not do anything that He is not aware of. It is just like the body, the hand cannot do anything that the head is not aware of. We all do our individual thing, but together we work as a team, this is how we function in the Spirit and this is how we make use of the authority given to us.

Today, I would be looking at how we can properly make use of this authority we have gotten in Christ. Many of us are overwhelmed by many situations in our lives, which has caused a lot of physical damage in our body, things such as stress which leads to several ailments such as cancer, diseases, sickness of different kinds, depression; others could be financial troubles, and much more. You see, the issue why we face all these things are because we haven’t exercised our authority. You need to show these things who is in charge.

Let’s take a look at Genesis 1:26 and 28, “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”…Then God blessed them, and God 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.” Man had total control over everything that moved on the earth, in short, he was in charge of the earth, and he had the final say. Even if God had to do anything on earth, he had to go through man. This was how Adam lived on earth until his fall.

God created man in His image and likeness, which means, man was to act just as God is in every way, so as God ruled the universe, man ruled the earth, this was how Jesus of Nazareth lived when He was here on earth. He is the last Adam, a different one from the one that fell, that was why He had so much command and authority while He was here on earth. You could see it in many cases; when He wanted to pay His tax how He told Peter to go and catch the first fish or when He told Peter to cast his net into the deep which led to Peter’s net breaking, boat sinking miracle, or the feeding of the five thousand, even the healing miracles Jesus performed, they were all part of the authority given to man from the beginning, because he was in charge of everything on earth [ref. Matthew 17:27; Luke 5:1-11; Matthew 14:13, Mark 6:30, Luke 9:10, John 6:1].

Log on next time as I continue on the authority series.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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GOD BLESS YOU.

Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)