Genesis‬ ‭1:28‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, ‘...replenish the earth, and subdue it...’”

God’s command to man has significant tasks that are connected to each other by the use of the conjunction “and”... “Be fruitful AND multiply AND replenish the earth AND subdue it...”

This posits however that one cannot obey one command without the other. They are all connected. We must produce fruits from the seed God has placed in us, multiply those fruits, refill the earth with those fruits and have control over the earth that has received our fruits.

To replenish is to fill something again or make complete again. “Again” presupposes that the earth which was once full is now empty and the onus lies on man to refill it. Therefore God has entrusted in man the ability to refill the emptiness of the earth with good tidings, love, peace and above all else to make disciples. That earth could be the medical field, the niche of pharmaceuticals, the networking of media amongst others. Wherever you have been placed, specifically by God, He expects that you make full again; by the fruits you bear and multiply.

The fruits of the Spirit that we bear must refill the earth. The Bible says “you shall know them by their fruits.” You shall be known by the multiplied fruits you fill the earth with. When you are known it creates an opportunity for you to command influence. When you command influence, you are subduing that territory of influence.

To subdue is to have control over a territory so when God commanded man to subdue the earth, He required of man to be a god on earth with earthly influence. Nothing must happen in the earth that must overcome man.

You must control what you replenish.

We are to influence the earth, direct the behaviour of the people in it and guide the course of events of the people in our earth.

God has called us to be leaders; leaders who will shape their earth positively, leaders who will transform lives in the earth, generational thinkers, problem solvers, soul winners who by their influence can bring all creation to the feet of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

There is a higher calling to subdue the earth. There is a calling to brighten the corner where we are; a city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Believers must rise and take over the reins of power.

Precepts upon precepts, line upon line we must raise a generation according to the will of God. Can it be said of you, like it was done David, that you are serving your generation according to the will of God?

Creation awaits the manifestation of the sons of God who have been mandated to fill the earth and subdue it.

Wherever you find yourself; replenish the earth with your fruits and exercise spiritual control. All things are yours.

Do you know who you are?

Do you know what you carry?

Do you know what God has made you?

Have you replenished the earth?

Are you exercising control over the earth you have replenished?

Beloved, You have power to do the unimaginable.

Are you?

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