You are made to dominate this world. (Genesis 1:26). It is God’s will for your life. You cannot do it without God. You cannot do it by working with the devil. Dominion is knowing that you can do what God said you can do, have what God said you can have and be what God said you can be regardless to what things looks like, seems like, sounds or appear like.
You were made by God to be like Him. You were created by God to be god to your sphere of influence. We were created in God’s image to rule on this earth in His place. We are God’s ambassadors. We represent His interest, not ours. However, we are not omnipresent, omnipotent nor omniscient.
Each human being was created to have dominion over a particular realm of influence. Our task on earth, aside from knowing and loving God, is to faithfully steward and transform our particular area as if we were God over that realm. Such an area may be your family, your neighborhood, your workplace etc.
Why are we not exercising the control as described in Genesis? Man’s sin.
Adam and Eve committed sin, thus ceding their dominion to Satan who now rules this world. And for that same reason, Satan even ruled us before we came to know Christ. The Scriptures describe the devil as follows:
John 12:31b describes Satan as “the prince of this world.”
Ephesians 2:2 says he is “… the ruler of the kingdom of the air…”
1 John 5:19 says “… the whole world is under the control of the evil one.”
If Satan rules this world, how can you and I who are no longer part of his kingdom survive? This is why prayer becomes an indispensable tool in the life of the believer. Everything that was lost by the first Adam had been regained by the last Adam, the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore if you are in Christ, you are subject to Satan’s rulership. Rather, you can dominate just as God intended in the beginning. Christ modeled this for us when He walked the face of the earth.
The challenge is that many of us lack understanding. We allow the enemy to run over us because we think we think the only difference between us and our next door neighbor is heaven. The truth is spiritually, you deserve what you tolerate. I cannot dominate for you neither can your pastor, elder, parents or friends. You have to rise up, resist the devil and He will flee from you.
A person that prays has an advantage over the devil because the devil cannot pray. He can dance, sing, entertain, and preach but he cannot pray. He has no God to pray to. Even angels don’t have the privilege of praying. Out of all that God created, only born-again believers have this privilege. The devil knows this and will do all He can to prevent you from developing this essential spiritual discipline.
When you spend time with God in prayer, it is the most useful thing on earth. Therefore, the most important pre-occupation of the devil is to keep you from praying. The man who can really pray has nothing to fear. Prayer makes us benefit from everything that God wants to do in our lives. There can be no fresh anointing without a visit to the school of prayer. It is prayer that converts the 1260 promises of the Bible to performance in your life.
The Bible does not say: “Preach all the time” But pray all the time” 1 Thesalonians 5:17, “pray always…”Ephesians 6:18, “men ought always to pray…” Luke 18:1.
The other grace we advised to engage in all the time is praise. Praise all the time. Heb 13:15. Praise and prayer go together. Praise opens the gates of heaven unto us (Psalms 100:4, 95:2). Praise is prayer-carrier. If you want your prayer to rise up unto God as a sweet incense, pray with thanksgiving. Philippians 4:6.
There are 3 levels of receiving from God. The 1st level involves receiving because you are on this earth. God sends His rain on the just and the unjust. You don’t need to do anything to receive the rain, sunshine, snow etc. The 2nd level of receiving is because you are in Christ. Certain blessings come to you automatically because you are in a member of the kingdom of God. The 3rd level of receiving can only take place if you ask. Most of the things that you need to fulfill your destiny require asking before you receive them. You have not because you ask not. A prayerless Christian is therefore unable to please the Lord because of substandard living.
There are 3 heavens. The 1st heaven is the sky or firmament. You can see it with your physical eyes by looking up outside your window or house. The 2nd heaven is the residence of evil spirits. Remember, the Bible talks about spiritual wickedness in heavenly places. This is the headquarters of principalities and powers. Eph 6:12. The 3rd heaven is God’s throne. 2 Corinthians 12:2. Prayer becomes hard sometimes because it has to pass through the first and second heavens, before it gets to the third heaven; and evil forces try their best to prevent it from passing through to the third heaven.
The 2nd heaven is often a checkpoint of darkness. The devil sets up a checkpoint at the second heaven such that answers to prayers are prevented from reaching us on earth. Daniel 10:12-13. Many good things belonging to the children of God are confiscated at evil checkpoints and stored in satanic warehouses. For example, success, children, money, prosperity, wedding gowns, breakthroughs, health, etc. Everything that comes down to us from God passes through the second heaven. There is a spiritual border there with satanic immigration and custom officers. It is at this point that a household strongman stays.
Daniel prayed for 21 days on a particular issue: he refused to give up until he received the answer. His answer was held up at the 2nd heaven by the prince of Persia. He just kept praying until after 21 days when the angel of the Lord came to him and said: “Daniel, since the first day, the Lord answered but when I was bringing the reply, the prince of Persia met me and has been fighting with me.” Daniel 10:12-13.
The Bible says that no man enters into the house of a strongman and plunders his goods except he first binds the strongman. The strongman himself does not have any personal goods, what he guides is what he confiscates from people. Matthew 12:29. We must learn to pray like Daniel without giving up on our prayers. We must learn to pray until we have an inward confirmation that our prayer is answered.
Be ready for change. Be ready for the next level. You either change or harden. It is a terrible thing for you to allow the enemy to harden you. The mystery about change is this; No change is made without inconvenience. It is not convenient to shout; it is not convenient to stay awake and hold night vigils. It is not convenient to fast and stay for days without eating or drinking. But beloved, you cannot get a problem solved, at the same level of the awareness of the power that created it.
It is time for violent praying. Be ruthless in acknowledging sin. Be thankful always. Remember prayer is a prayer-carrier. Pray with all your heart. Persist until you get confirmation. Profess victory until you see the manifestation of your prayer.
Thank you so much.. This definitely change my prayer life.
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