Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number;fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”We were created to rule our world, yet it seems that too often we are the ones being ruled. Drugs, alcohol and food rule too many of our lives. The lust for money and power drive average people to do unthinkable, horrific things. What then, should we do?
- First we need to decide if we believe the scripture we just read. Am I really created in God's image and blessed with the ability to rule my world?
- If so, then I must begin to do what is right in God's eyes by obeying His Word. In Genesis 4:7, God says to Cain "If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."
- According to God's Word, sin can be mastered! Hallelujah!
But how? How do we master something? It has been said that it takes 10,000 hours to master a skill. But this blog I have included the link to below says it's not just practice, but deliberate practice of a skill that is important. He uses Kobe Bryant as an example. Worth the read.
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