Dependence Comes Before Dominion

Published: Thu, 03/22/18

God made us for dominion.

But this dominion must be applied only as we live in dependence on Him.

Adam’s experience in the Garden makes this clear.

When Adam saw the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, his desire was to eat from the latter more that than former.

That’s because he wanted to rule his life and the created world on his own, as one who had the power of life in himself.

But God’s plan was different. He wanted Adam to learn dependence and mature before having the kind of knowledge that the second tree provided.

And that’s why God judged Adam when he ate of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil… because Adam revealed He was impatient rather than trusting in God.

As sons and daughters of Adam, we’re inclined to operate like he did… we want to rule what God has entrusted to us apart from Him.

But God’s plan is for us to mature in our dependence on Him so we would rule His world well.

So… yes, God calls us to get dominion.

But He calls us to get dependent on Him first.

David Bostrom

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"And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth" (Genesis 1:28).

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