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Here I am use me!In the beginning God wanted man to rule His earth Gen 1:27-28. Gen 2:19 - We namedanimals so rule over them. Naming theme in the Bible God named humans so rulesover them, God named stars so rules universe (keep in mind 20 billion trillion stars).(Psalm 147:4). So God wanted to share all this power and glory with us He wanted us

to rule with Him Psalm 8:4-6. Then man sinned and gave the world over to Satan.How do we know that Satan took the world from us? Luke 4:5-6. Satan isnt in hellright now, hes on the earth: Rev. 2:13 I know where you live where Satan has histhrone. Job 1:7 The LORD said to Satan, Where have you come from? Satananswered the LORD, From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it.Well how did Satan get it? We gave it to him We were told by God to subdue theearth, or continue to rule over it but we became slaves instead of masters when Adam andEve sinned (Gen 4:7 we were supposed to master sin, instead we became slaves to sin 2 Peter 2:19). Well this was outside of Gods will, so God wanted us to take a stand andtake the world back just like in the beginning, and He still gave man a chance toreclaim the earth He wanted mankind to step up: But we didnt Ecc. 7:20. Because of

this Isaiah 59:15-16. Jesus had to armor up and come do it Himself (Isa. 49:6) soJesus won the world back on the cross Romans 5:17. Rev 2:26 (completed and nowwants to give it back to us again). Those who now rule with Christ are those who acceptwhat Jesus did for them John 1:12. If children then heirs and co-heirs ruling with Jesus(Titus 3:7). 1 Cor. 6:2-3. But this time its for over-comers.

So who will God rule with?First, God is really looking for people to be on His team: Isaiah 6:8. Jesus made it clear about being in the family business John 5:17. Acts 9:15 reiterates that God uses peopleto complete His plan.

What does it take to be on Gods team?Lets take a look at some of the people God used in the past (Exodus 2:11-15). Godused Moses the murderer to rescue His people from Egypt, (Judges 6:14-16) God usedGideon the weakling to rescue His people from the oppressive Midianites, (2 Samuel11:2-4 and Psalm 89:24-29) God used David the adulterer to set up His everlastingKingdom. God will use anyone whos willing, even sinners Zechariah 3 (He takes our sins away no more filthy rags like Isaiah 64:6, now its fine linens white and clean Rev19:8, Isaiah 1:18). You see, God doesnt show favoritism Romans 2:11. He doesntneed perfect people, just willing people Acts 10:34-35. He needs people who sayRomans 1:16, will stand up for His Name Matthew 10:32-33 and will be ready at alltimes to do His work 2 Timothy 4:2.

How can you go up the chain of command more quickly?If youre willing to join Gods team then heres what youll need to become higher inrank: Jeremiah 33:3 you begin to learn from God by talking to God, Psalm 119:11 youmake Gods Word part of your life in order to increase your holiness , Psalm 119:9 youincrease in holiness by living out the Scriptures this results in a closer relationshipwith God (show video clip), Hebrew 11:6 you wont be pleasing to God until you growin faith . Hosea 4:6 you need to increase your knowledge and wisdom James 1:5. A

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good wisdom starter is Proverbs 1:7 fear God with a reverent fear why? The manwho truly fears God wont sin against God (The same is true of the man who truly lovesGod) How do I know? - Fear = Exo. 20:20, Love = John 14:15. James 4:10 you humbleyourself and let God exalt you Numbers 12:3 Moses was the most humble man onearth and God spoke to him face to face (Exodus 33:11). Philemon 1:6 sharing with

others about Jesus increases your understanding of Jesus why? Acts 9:20-22.

If you work on and master each of these areas then before you know it youll be a generalin Gods army a good and faithful servant that God can trust and give multipleresponsibilities to.