Lift Up Your Eyes
by Gloria Copeland
Did you know the devil does not own this earth or any of its resources? He acts like he does. He’s managed to get his hands on a lot of stuff and talked a lot of people into believing that it’s his. But the truth is, nothing on this planet belongs to him. Not one square inch of land. Not one dollar or dime. Not one house or vehicle or anything else that’s been produced from the earth’s riches.
Everything the devil has taken possession of is stolen property.
Who is its rightful owner?
God, that’s who!
He created the earth and everything in it, and every bit of it is His. Although He’s delegated to mankind a certain amount of authority over it, He has never relinquished ownership of it. It’s belonged to Him all along, and He has always retained the right to give it to whomever He chooses.
The Scriptures repeatedly confirm this. For example: Psalm 24:1 says, “The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” Psalm 104:24 says, “O LORD…in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.” In Haggai 2:8 and Psalm 50:10, God says, “The silver is mine, and the gold is mine…every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.”
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