Friday May 31st 2024
« By your sword you shall live, And you shall serve your brother; And it shall come to pass, when you become restless, That you shall break his yoke from your neck.” »
37 Then Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Indeed I have made him your master, and all his brethren I have given to him as servants; with grain and wine I have sustained him. What shall I do now for you, my son?”
38 And Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me—me also, O my father!” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
39 Then Isaac his father answered and said to him: “Behold, your dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above.
40 By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; and it shall come to pass, when you become restless, that you shall break his yoke from your neck.”
We discussed fruitfulness as proof of dominion yesterday. Today we shall look at various means by which we can be fruitful and have dominion.
- Hard work is one of the major means of fruitfulness.
The Bible says in Proverbs 21:5 NKJV
« The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, but those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty »
Laziness is not a Christian virtue.
As a matter of fact, the Bible says, 2 Thessalonians 3:10NLT
«…. we gave you this command: “Those unwilling to work will not get to eat.” »
Diligence is so potent that it can be rightly said that nothing shall be impossible for the diligent.
Dominion through diligence destroyed the yoke of Jacob on the neck of his careless brother, Esau.
Even after he had lost his blessing to Jacob, Esau insisted that the father should give him the leftover of the blessings which his brother took from him. On Jacob’s return journey to his father’s house, he was met with Esau who already had dominion.
It is interesting to read that the man who got the blessing through crooked means was trembling before the one he had cheated of it. Genesis 33:3-4KJV
« And Jacob passed over before them (Jacob’s household), and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept »
The wives and children of Jacob came in succession to greet and bow before Esau. When Jacob tried to bribe his way into having peace with his brother the second time, the brother said he did not need Jacob’s wealth. This is because he himself was already blessed to the extent that he had a personal army of four hundred men (Genesis 33:1,8–11). Esau told Jacob he had enough; this was from a leftover blessing.
Diligence indeed leads to greatness, which in turn to dominion.
Commit to being diligent in all you do (Ecclesiastes 9:10) and you will indeed have dominion.
Prayer point – Father, please bless the work of my hands and let me have dominion through Your blessings, in Jesus’ name.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Edited by Naomie J
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