“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.” Gen 1:28

Just when you thought you had an easy to use, sure fire business plan from the first half of Genesis 1:28, then came the “AND”. AND have dominion over the fish of the sea (your lower nature), the fowl of the air (your thought life) and lastly upon every living thing that moves upon the earth.

If you haven’t been following the blogs for the last two weeks, this won’t make as much sense to you, but you can get caught up easy enough by checking them out. I want to submit to you a powerful application of what it means to take dominion over every living thing that moves upon the earth. The fish are below, the fowls are above but everything else intersects with you on the plane you live on.

This speaks of everything that vies for your time and attention. Every distraction. Every good cause. Every friend. Every foe. Everything that you potentially interact with on a daily basis. And our job is to take dominion over their interaction with our life. If your schedule is too full, don’t blame them… look in the mirror. Take responsibility for your schedule, for your interaction with everything that comes your way. You cannot totally control what comes to you, but you do control how you react and interact with them.

Don’t be at their mercy. Don’t be at the mercy of their timetable, their schedule, their preference. Notice how Jesus didn’t run over to heal Lazarus when he was sick. It was urgent, but he delayed his departure by two days and showed up four days too late. Or so it seemed. Jesus worked only where He saw His Father working and only when He saw Him working. He took dominion over the activities of His day, despite what came at Him. We would do well to learn from Him.

Important Note: I spent 3 ½ years researching the rainforest as a business model. All of my latest findings are now captured in my newest book to be released next week called Rainforest Strategy. I am offering everyone on this list a FREE BONUS gift when they purchase either the book or the E-Book next week. Be watching your inbox for details. It ties in very much to this $700 billion Wall Street fiasco. You won’t want to miss it.

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