'...all things are Your servants.' [Psalm 119:91]
I awoke in the middle of the night with this verse in my head. David is talking about God here but I began to realize that we are heirs of God! Heirs of God, and fellow heirs with Christ [Romans 8:32], to whom belong all things! [1 Corinthians 3:22,23]
Knowing this, and knowing that we are one Spirit with the Lord, made complete in Him, it follows that all things are now our servants, as well.
This is why Jesus instructed us to speak to things—mountains, trees, storms, etc. He knew that we were called to reign in life through Him, and He was demonstrating how to live in the earth as a Spirit-filled man.
In fact, I believe this is how Adam ruled the garden before he fell. He had dominion over plants and animals—all things—but after he separated himself from the life of God, he was forced to rely on his natural abilities alone. Forced into bondage to the very world he was set in to dominate.
Think about Mark 11:23..."Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you." But what about God's will? God's will is manifest through His Word...and in His Word He has freely given us all things. Jesus knew the Scriptures, both written and yet-to-be written, that gave us all things richly to enjoy—He Himself taught in John 14-17 that whatever we asked in His name, that would He do.
All things belong to us, and we belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God [1 Corinthians 3:22,23]. And all things are our servants, too.
A Child or A Son?
Galatians 4:1-3 says 'Now I say, as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ at all from a slave although he is owner [or lord] of every thing, but he is under guardians and managers [or stewards] until the date set by the father. So also we, while we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental things of the world.'
In other words, while we are children, things rule us, even though all things belong to us. As we mature and begin to understand who we are in Christ and that our calling is to reign in life and administer the Kingdom, we begin to see that things are our servants because we are heirs of God and they belong to us now.
Even angels are said to be '...ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation' [Hebrews 1:14].
Paradigm Shift
No reality without a perception of reality is the first rule of quantum physics, according to visionary physicist John A. Wheeler. [Mind into Matter, Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D., Moment Point Press, Inc, 2001]
What this means is that it's not real to us unless we believe it is. So it is with the promises of God. Religious error and worldly heresies have led us away from the truth because it is simply too big to believe...
If it's too hard to believe at first, meditate on the scriptures. Think about Jesus bringing many sons to glory...about Jesus being the last Adam—a race bound by natural limitations—and the Firstborn of many brethren, a supernatural race of God's offspring in the earth.
Start to see yourself as a supernatural being, walking here in the earth but also seated at the right hand of God in Christ in heavenly places, an heir according to promise. See all things as being your servants, yourself as an administrator of the Kingdom in the earth, walking in love and power.
In Colossians 1:11, the Holy Spirit prays that we be strengthened with all power in our inner man. All power, all things...
It's true. It's true because God says it is, because He has rested from His works. Hallelujah!
