An arrogant, self-absorbed, young-man came to an old sage with an intriguing question. You see, it was the intent of the young man to embarrass the old man who was known for his wisdom. The young man came to the old sage and said: “Old man, the bird I have in my hand, is it alive, or is it dead?” The young man had said to himself: “If the old sage says the bird is alive, I will immediately crush it and it is a dead bird and if he says the bird is dead, I will open my hand and allow the bird to fly to freedom.” The old sage answered with the wisdom that only comes from God: “Young man, the life of the bird is in your hand. You control whether the bird is alive or if it is dead.”
Dear Ones, if I may draw from that story, much of our lives are in our hands. In Genesis 1:26, we are told that: “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.” Our Heavenly Father has given us dominion, the right to rule and to reign with Him. Let us understand that “we have been raised up together, and made to sit together in heavenly places; in Christ Jesus.”
Be blessed as you walk in the awesomeness of almighty God.
Pastor J. Amos Jones
