Genesis‬ ‭1:28‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, “...have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”

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Our female dog (Chloé) got pregnant. And it was no surprise that the male dog (Justice) is the father. I must add that the male dog is foreign and the female, local. So the puppies are mixed breeds. We were expecting a litter but we are still excited about the two adorable additions to the family. We are still thinking out the perfect names. Before and during the pregnancy, Justice and Chloé always shared the doghouse. They had an understanding that it was their home or maybe they thought they were husband and wife.

After Chloé gave birth, she became territorial. By some code of understanding, Justice doesn’t get near the doghouse.

So I did a little digging about the “female dog dominance” after birth and I found out that owners are supposed to keep other pets away from her and the puppies. This includes other dogs who may have been her housemates. But we didn’t, Justice just knew Chloé dominated the doghouse. He just knew.

Chloé’s exercise of dominance was after she gave birth. And there’s a lesson there for all of us. When you birth forth what God has deposited in you, creation recognizes by default that you are in charge. They recognize that your authority is what must be obeyed. By giving birth, we exercise dominion over the earth. We bring new life into the world when we give birth and that new life will respond to the life-giver. God’s command to have dominion over the earth, is connected to giving birth and we do that by multiplying the fruits we bear and filling the earth with those fruits. So you would agree with me that all these commands have a common goal. It plays out man’s stages of exercising authority here on earth. They are all connected, intertwined to establish man as the spiritual authority here on earth.

What have you birthed on earth? That which you give life to, you have a responsibility over.

To have dominion is not a means to lord or dominate over people but a call to service.

Chloé’s exercise of dominion was not because she wanted to dominate Justice or lord over him but it was as a result of the puppies she had birthed. She had a responsibility to them. A responsibility that had to be expressed through service. The birthed will always need a leader and that leader is you.

God has prepped you to be fruitful, to multiply, to replenish the earth, to subdue it and to have dominion over everything.

Your dominion is over the fish of the sea, the fowl of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth. Anything that has life is subjected to your dominion; what are you using this power to do?

Are you exercising this responsibility in service?

Do you have dominion over what you birthed?

God wants you to have dominion. He has not removed this responsibility from us, we are still mandated in this age to have dominion.

One way by which we can give birth is to make disciples. As Ambassadors of Christ, we have a responsibility to make disciples of all nations by sharing the good news of Jesus defeating death and the glory in His resurrection.

This is the greatest way in which we can exercise dominion over the earth in that we’re using the authority given to us by Christ for the express purpose of seeing the lost become found. Because a disciple you make today is also mandated to make other disciples. The cycle of birth never ceases, therefore the command to have dominion lingers on forever.

Let us make use of every opportunity we have to give Him glory.

The time is now: because the birthed awaits!

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