Authority
“and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth” (see Gen 1:26).
The Lord is the King of kings and Lord of lords. It is, therefore, a part of the image of God for man to rule over “all the earth.” However, because most of mankind has listened to the devil more than to God for so long, the things that we still have the power to do, such as rule over the earth, we often do more like the devil than like God. Evil authority thinks that all they rule over exists for them. Godlike authority exists for the sake of those over which they rule. Godly authority is not a privilege, but a responsibility.
Rom 6:16 explains a basic principle of authority: “Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?”
It is a principle that we become slaves to the one whom we obey. When Adam obeyed Satan by eating the forbidden fruit, he became a slave to Satan along with the domain that had been entrusted to him. The result is declared in 1 John 5:19: “and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.”
When the image of God was marred in man by the fall, the definition of our purpose was also twisted. As we are redeemed and begin to recover the image of God, we will also recover the proper exercise of authority. Our nature is to “rule,” but if we rule before we have been restored in the image of God, it will be a perversion of authority. If we seek to be like Him more than we seek authority, we can be trusted with more authority.
Today @ 06:57p.m is the new moon.
Praise God for the marking off of a new month by the new moon.
- Command the new moon to praise the Lord and shape the new month by your proclamations – prophesy into the womb of the new month, the purposes of God for your life and for the church and kingdom citizens everywhere. Isa 51.16 .
- Because of Jehovah’s faithfulness, expect to break forth to the left and to the right into the promised new life in all areas of endeavor. Pray this for kingdom citizens everywhere. 2 Tim 2:13, Isa 43:18-19.