An Invitation to Establish Dominion

For the creative afraid to step out in boldness, may I remind you that you were given authority to dominate the field you're in. Yes, you.

You cannot be timid and, by consequence, withhold God from receiving the glory He's rightfully entitled to.

There is a soul out there that needs to hear your words, immerse themselves in the melodies you composed, behold that painting you worked on in quiet contemplation, or watch the dance you choreographed in awe. In short, I am certain there's a person whose life will forever be impacted by what you create in partnership with the Father. In fact, divine partnership has been what humanity was always made for.

Your creativity is more than just a label. It's an identity that reflects how you were made in His image.

Will you continue allowing fear to keep holding you back from doing what God has already ordained you for?

A Divine Partnership

In the beginning, God created…

In the beginning, there was the Word…

In the beginning, two poiema (the Greek word for 'masterpiece') walked with God in the cool of the day. Within the garden, Eden was where heaven and earth met in perfect unison. Unlike the rest of creation where God looked outward and called all things into existence, mankind was birthed into being after God looked inwardly; the very first creation that was made specifically to reflect the image of the Ancient of Days.

"So God created man in His own image;

in the image of God He created him;

male and female He created them." (Genesis 1:27 NKJV)

Their forms were both brought to life from the imagination of a God whose appearance exceeds the radiance of a bright morn. It is He — Glory Incarnate who knelt down on the Earth He'd fabricated with the thrum of His voice — who breathed life into bodies of clay.

Man. Woman. Fearfully, wonderfully made in the likeness of God.

And unto them, a simple yet great command was given: "Have dominion."

The opening chapter of Genesis is more than a mere recounting of how God shaped the entire world in six days. It is a picture of how God intended to live with his most treasured possession: in perfect unity and partnership.

See how God partnered with Adam with the naming of the animals (Gen 2:19-20 NKJV). It was He that made every crawling insect, each prowling beast, every bird and each sea creature, and yet, Adam was given the task to bestow a name for every single one. Furthermore, God went on and commanded Adam and Eve to "be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” (Gen 1:28 NKJV)

An honourable position fit for royalty, wouldn't you agree?

As the story goes, we know that humanity fell shortly afterwards as illustrated in Genesis 3. In spite of Adam and Eve's disobedience, it doesn't change this truth: we are His most beloved creation.

However, mankind would have to experience life without the fullness of the presence of God dwelling among them. Separation, both spiritually and physically, now prevails when it never had before.

Millenniums passed and the consequences of what happened in Eden ensued: wars, famine, plagues, death, etc… All creation cried out in silence and thousands of people joined the chorus, desperate for a deliverer.

Jesus came to answer that call and He did so by establishing His kingdom on the Earth.

Divinity in human form, the Author of Creation subjected Himself to walk this broken, dust-covered land. In every way, He was tempted and yet never sinned, making Him the perfect Teacher, the perfect Mediator, but most of all, the perfect Friend.

How obedient Jesus was to the Father, even to the point of death. An obedience that sought to glorify the Father so that the great chasm between us and Him could be bridged by the river of blood pooling out from the wounds He bore upon that weathered cross.

A death meant to humiliate.

A death that shook the foundations of the earth itself.

A death that challenged the authority of the grave.

Yes, a death that — unbeknownst to the powers of darkness and to all that witnessed His crucifixion — would ultimately result in the exaltation of the Son.

Jesus ascended from the Earth, having received all authority in heaven and on earth. With that same authority, this great man commissioned all who followed Him to train others in His teachings and to baptize them in His name. And for the first time since the Fall, the Spirit of the Living God was sent to dwell in the hearts of all who believed in Him.

This was not the end of the story.

It was the beginning of a new age.