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We were made in the image of God and created for dominion. God blessed us with the powerful commandment to be fruitful and multiply, to fill the earth and to subdue it. And then there is this part of our spiritual DNA, “have dominion.” We were created for dominion, not for deliverance. Because we fail to exercise dominion over the snake, we find ourselves in need of deliverance from the dominion of the enemy. 

Adam and Eve were placed in paradise. This beautiful place also had a snake. Yes, paradise had a parasite. Paradise is not the absence of the enemy, it’s having dominion over it. God’s view of the good life on earth was not the absence of battle. Blessing is walking in victory and exercising our dominion. Adam’s perfect world had a snake in it. But when Adam disobeyed God, he lost that dominion. Now he came under the dominion of the enemy. 

When Jesus, the Son of God, faced the tempter in the wilderness, the devil didn’t hide the fact that authority on earth is now his. He declared that all this authority has been delivered to me. Hmmm, I wonder who delivered it to the devil. It wasn’t God for sure! God gave the earth to His children, the children of men. Of course, God didn’t give man ownership over the earth because the earth still belongs to the Lord.  God was holding the title deed to the earth, but He gave the responsibility and dominion over it to humans. Through sin, we give ourselves over to the enemy. We relinquish our dominion and turn ourselves into slaves of sin. 

We are either walking in dominion over the devil or living under his dominion of sin. Because we lost our dominion, we are in need of deliverance. Keep in mind, we were not created for deliverance but for dominion. 

Deliverance has become our need because we fail to exercise dominion.