Dominion is the birthright of everyone. In the first chapter of Genesis it is made plain that man, made in God's image and likeness, is given dominion, and there is no record of any power having been created that could take his God-given dominion from him. Just as it is true that two and two are four, so it remains true throughout all time that man has dominion. Human opinions or arguments which might be used to try to refute this yield before the light of Truth. In our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, " Mary Baker Eddy writes (p. 531): "The human mind will sometime rise above all material and physical sense, exchanging it for spiritual perception, and exchanging human concepts for the divine consciousness. Then man will recognize his God-given dominion and being."
Many incidents recorded in the Bible illustrate how fear or limitation vanished before clear spiritual perception. In each one the testimony of the physical senses was reversed and man's dominion demonstrated. The resignation of Elisha's servant to the terror of defeat when he saw the hosts of the Syrian king surrounding them was reversed through the spiritual perception of Elisha. The servant's eyes were opened, and he saw that "the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire" (II Kings 6:17). Thus dominion was proved in deliverance from danger.
When a multitude was gathered together in a desert place and the disciples of Jesus had resigned to the common belief that supply is present only in certain places and under certain conditions, the Master proved man's God-given dominion. He proved that wherever man is, there are God's fullness and abundance. The Master's understanding of God's ever-presence supplied the human need for food and demonstrated dominion over lack.
