100 Days with David 2025 Day 10: The Lord wants man to rule over His creation.

“For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, All sheep and oxen— Even the beasts of the field, The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭8:5-8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

I am an animal lover. I always have been. As a child I wanted to be able to communicate with wild animals so that they would not be afraid and run from me.

Stories of the 13th century Italian friar, Saint Francis of Assisi, reveal his unusual ability to communicate with animals. He cared for them, prayed for them, and—according to many accounts—even preached to the animals. Now, he was not trying to lead them to salvation. Rather, he was leading them to rejoice at the greatness of their Maker. And, whereas we do not generally see people operating with that sort of communication and control with animals, I have personally seen animals responding to prayer.

As we are told in the Bible, when man was created, he was given dominion over the earth, over all things in the earth. Man was given the right to name animals because he was the master over them. As well, our dominion was meant to even go beyond the animal kingdom into all aspects of this creation.

I have personally seen the elements responding to the Word of the Lord. For example, I have seen my father command tornadoes to change their path, and they did. At other times, he spoke words that calmed tremendous storms. I have seen him pray down rain onto parched soil and rebuke excessive rain.

Before him, his father was known for having the ability to control weather. In fact, in my own life, I have seen the Lord cause weather related phenomena to respond to my requests. Perhaps you have seen similar things in your own life.

But, as great as what we may have seen has been, it pales in comparison to the total dominion over God’s creation awaiting His children.

Jesus came and illustrated control over the elements by commanding storms to cease. Water became a walkway under His feet. Food multiplied in His hands. He bypassed the whole process whereby water (rain falling upon a vineyard) is turned into wine (the rain is absorbed into the vine and is crushed out of the grapes produced by the vine). As well, He commanded fish to swim into a net! Indeed, all of the miraculous things He did should serve as a preview of the power He wants us to have.

Of course, the idea of complete dominion is difficult for us to grasp. Even so, Jesus—the God-Man—through His sacrifice, absolutely bought back the dominion we had forfeited.

The prophet Daniel speaks of seeing the One Who would have all power and dominion.

“I was watching in the night visions, And behold, One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him. Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed. But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.”

‭‭Daniel‬ ‭7:13-14, 18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Think of the prophecy we see here: “. . . the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.” That’s such an exciting promise!

Understand, God already had dominion over everything. Yet, He came in the form of a man to secure that dominion for us. And as a man, Jesus was able to say:

“ . . . All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭28:18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Jesus even now offers us access to that authority. And, as the writer of Hebrews explains, we can look to Jesus’ example as a reminder of what is to come.

“For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels. But one testified in a certain place, saying: “What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him? You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands. You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭2:5-9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Yes, the above scripture explains the glorious hope of the restoration of total dominion we have in Jesus Christ

In today’s portion of David’s psalms, we see that—along with David marveling over God‘s awareness and care for us—he extols the fact that the Lord created man to have dominion over all creation.

Child of God, you may not be currently ordering tornadoes around or preaching to animals, but don’t forget what you were created to be.

Also understand, even now, in times of need, the Lord gives access to His authority. In so doing, He not only meets the needs of that moment—but reminds us of what is to come!

For today let us know and understand what David knew:

The Lord wants man to rule over His creation.

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!