PREY OR PREDATOR

The righteous is as bold as the Lion. Prov. 28:1

I am an average viewer of the popular TV documentary program; “Animal Planet.” This program reveals how animals relate with one another. It expresses a typical food chain in the animal kingdom where the strong prey on the weak. There you’ll see the cunning, the fast, the mighty, strong, and the bold making their statements through their various characteristics. An in-depth research on this system will reveal to us through the Scriptures that even man is also caught up in this tussle of supremacy in his environment. Gen. 1:26 reveals that man was made in the image of God and given dominion over his environment. He was made the ruler of the earth. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Everything submitted to man's authority until there was rebellion. When man rebelled against God, everything under his control rebelled against him(man). Man was chased out of the garden and striped off his authority. Man became a prey to sickness, lack, death, etc. The man’s place was taken over by Satan who ruled the earth with evil, and kept the sons of men under bondage of sin and punishment. Though God was disappointed with man, never relented in trying to get man back to his original place. The Bible says that through his blood, Christ reconciled man back to God. His death and resurrection dealt the final blow against the enemy of God and man. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more aabundantly John10:10. Man through the blood of Jesus Christ has been restored, and now occupies the great position as sons of God. As sons of God, we now have authority over satan and demons, sicknesses and diseases, lack and despair and so on. Now man has received power and authority over all through Jesus Christ. Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. Luke9:1 Man has taken his pride of place with God, and he is sitted together with Christ in the heavenly places far above principalities and powers…he rules the earth and relates with the heavens. The Bible says; we shall decree a thing on earth and it shall be established in heaven. It says we should resist the devil and he shall flee; it’s the weaker one that runs from the strong. Therefore, be aware that the devil has no power and authority over us. Have you ever seen a serpent whose head is cut off? It still wiggles around though powerless. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:1Peter5:8. The Bible says like a lion; it’s ’a pretentious appearance, a deceitful outlook. Now who is the true lion? Jesus Christ of course! And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. Revelations 5:5, and if He is Lion, then we are also and that makes us predators over the impostor (Satan). Hallelujah!