{"id":20150,"date":"2026-01-10T15:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cantonuovo.org\/reigning-in-life\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T15:44:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:44:45","slug":"reigning-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cantonuovo.org\/en\/reigning-in-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Reigning in life"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mission of harmonious government: faithful and trusting repose<\/em><\/p>\n

Regaining God\u2019s purpose, identity and rest<\/strong><\/p>\n

We live in a time when even many Christians face life as a continuous emergency. One runs, one reacts, one tries to hold on. Faith becomes a survival support, a resource to be activated when things don\u2019t work out, a help to \u201chang in there.\u201d But this is not the biblical view of existence. <\/p>\n

Scripture does not present man as a creature called to fend for himself in a difficult world, but as a being created to rule it together with God. Not to rule over others, but to bring order where there is disorder, life where there is death, meaning where there is chaos. Not to control reality with anxiety, but to participate in the Creator\u2019s eternal plan. <\/p>\n

This perspective does not arise in the New Testament as an advanced spiritual idea. It is the very foundation of creation. <\/p>\n

Ruling therefore means to stop reacting to emergencies and to start administering one\u2019s \u201csection of the world\u201d with the loyalty and trust of one who rests in the authority of the King.<\/p>\n

Man as a steward of God\u2019s plan<\/strong><\/p>\n

When God creates human beings in his image and likeness, he assigns them an identity of their own, to be expressed in the function he entrusts to them. Man is placed in creation as God\u2019s representative, as his visible steward on earth: <\/p>\n

\u201cBe fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue it; dominate\u2026\u201d<\/em>(Gen. 1:28).<\/p>\n

Eden was not simply a perfect place in which to live well. It was a sacred space, the place of God\u2019s presence, the point of contact between heaven and earth. From there, man was supposed to reflect God\u2019s presence on all creation. The earth was no longer chaotic. <\/p>\n

Creation was \u2018very good\u2019 in that it fully reflected God\u2019s desire, but it was not static; it was an open-ended project that awaited man\u2019s free participation to reach its final fullness.<\/p>\n

It needed to be cultivated, ordered, guided.<\/p>\n

Man was not created to fit into creation, but to administer it according to God\u2019s will. This is the profound meaning of being \u201cin the image of God\u201d: to represent him, make him visible, reflect his glory and act on his behalf. <\/p>\n

The fracture: when man loses reference<\/strong><\/p>\n

By disobedience, man not only loses innocence. He loses reference, the source of life and wisdom. Having broken communion with God, he in fact also loses the instructions that enabled him to govern life. From then on, the environment becomes hostile not because God makes it so, but because man no longer knows how to live in it so that everything functions and flourishes according to the purpose impressed on him by the Creator. <\/p>\n

This is where the survival mentality is born. When man no longer knows who he is, he begins to struggle to exist. When he no longer knows the purpose, he clings to the outcome. When he loses leadership, he replaces trust with control. <\/p>\n

From this logic arise competition, fear of the other, the need to prevail, manipulation, violence, devaluation. Life becomes a continuous test to be passed, and identity is measured by performance. <\/p>\n

This mentality has not been left out of the faith. Many believers continue to live this way: they pray, they believe, they hope, but they remain governed by the logic of survival. They have faith in God, but they do not live in his Kingdom. <\/p>\n

The risk of freedom and the heart of love<\/strong><\/p>\n

God could have prevented this. He could have created beings programmed to obedience, unable to choose evil. But he would have eliminated love. Genuine love does not exist without freedom. <\/p>\n

God accepted the risk of freedom rather than not having us. He allowed the possibility of rebellion rather than deny the possibility of love. Therefore, even with reference to man, we can propose that creation is \u201cvery good,\u201d but not static. <\/p>\n

And it is in this context that Genesis introduces a fundamental element that is often misunderstood: God\u2019s rest.<\/p>\n

Rest as an act of government<\/strong><\/p>\n

The seventh day is not the day when God stops because he is tired. In biblical culture, the king\u2019s rest is the time when he sits on the throne to begin reigning. First the order of the kingdom is established, then he begins to rule it. <\/p>\n

To better understand the concept of \u201crest as government,\u201d one can think of an orchestra conductor: his \u201crest\u201d is not the absence of music, but the moment when, after tuning the instruments (the order of creation), he steps up to the podium. He does not play each individual instrument, but his gesture (his stewardship) allows the whole orchestra to flow in harmony. To reign is to allow God\u2019s music to resonate throughout the earth. <\/em><\/p>\n

So when Scripture states that God rested, it is declaring that God took over the government of creation.<\/p>\n

The purpose is for everything to continue to function and develop according to his intentions. Involving man so that like the musician from our analogy, he plays his instrument and reigns in life as God\u2019s \u201cconcert master\u201d on earth. <\/p>\n

While playing his instrument-his daily vocation and mission-a citizen of the Kingdom of God keeps his gaze fixed on the conductor, translating His gesture into audible sound for those around him. He does not create the music, but his royal function is to ensure that his \u2018section\u2019 of the world vibrates in perfect harmony with the Master\u2019s intention, transforming the chaos of external noises into the order of a heavenly melody. <\/p>\n

Its identity is expressed in its essentially priestly (reflecting God\u2019s glory on earth) and royal (administering creation on behalf of the Creator) function.<\/p>\n

Rest is not inactivity, but trust in the established order of a Kingdom ready to be administered.<\/p>\n

Man, therefore, was not created to toil in an effort to survive, but to participate in God\u2019s government on earth.<\/p>\n

To reign with the Lord is not to exercise worldly power, but to assume the kingship of service to the Creator\u2019s purpose, bringing order and life through the gift of self as an offering of a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God.<\/p>\n

Jesus and the restoration of the Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesus does not come simply to \u201csave souls.\u201d He comes to restore the Kingdom of God. He comes to restore man to the condition for which he was created. With the new covenant, God does not simply forgive: he begins the new creation. <\/p>\n

Through what the prophets had announced, God purifies man, gives him a new heart, puts his Spirit within him. Communion is restored. Man himself now becomes the sacred space of the dwelling place of God\u2019s presence on earth. <\/p>\n

The believer thus becomes a living Eden. A place where God dwells. Wherever he goes, the King\u2019s presence can be manifested. And where the King is, there is his Kingdom. Not because the believer has earned something special, but because he is newly aligned with the purpose for which he was created. <\/p>\n

The Kingdom as a life system<\/strong><\/p>\n

Entering the Kingdom does not mean becoming more religious. It means changing one\u2019s operating system. It means to stop interpreting life according to fear and start living it according to trust in God\u2019s government and one\u2019s identity as children of the sovereign King, the Most High. <\/p>\n

Entering the Kingdom does not eliminate challenges or pain, but it changes our position in the face of them: we no longer suffer life as victims trying to escape, but face every trial as citizens of heaven who live for the higher purpose of their King. They know that after the cross there is always glory. <\/p>\n

This is why Jesus teaches to pray the \u201cOur Father.\u201d Not as a formula, but as a statement of alignment and response to the Creator\u2019s purposes: <\/p>\n

\u2013 Recognizing the holiness of God in us<\/p>\n

\u2013 welcome his government<\/p>\n

\u2013 Cooperate in the execution of his will on earth<\/p>\n

\u2013 Receive what you need for life and mission<\/p>\n

\u2013 Stand firm in the conflict between two kingdoms<\/p>\n

\u2013 Be freed from evil wherever it creeps in<\/p>\n

This is the prayer of those who have stopped surviving and entered the Kingdom. It is the prayer of those who reign in life through Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

Identity and healing from devaluation<\/strong><\/p>\n

The logic of survival leaves deep wounds. Many believers live under the weight of received words, internalized judgments, unresolved failures. Devaluation becomes a constant inner voice. Its echo is the fear of succumbing as if it were an inevitable reality. <\/p>\n

But the Kingdom reestablishes identity: man is not worth for what he produces, but for what he represents. He is a son, a temple of the Holy Spirit, a collaborator with the King, his citizen and ambassador. When this truth descends from the doctrinal to the existential plane, identity is liberated. <\/p>\n

The man who exercises the royal function does not act as an absolute master, but as an Ambassador-Plenipotentiary.<\/p>\n

He enters the chaotic situations of life not to impose himself but to establish the \u201cculture of the Kingdom.\u201d Like a construction manager who faithfully follows the designer\u2019s plan, he reigns whenever he coordinates resources, relationships and challenges so that the final building matches the Creator\u2019s original design, bringing order and life where there was disorder. <\/p>\n

Entering true rest<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scripture invites us to \u201cseek to enter rest.\u201d This seeking is not toil but surrender. It is giving up control, ceasing to be god of oneself, accepting God\u2019s rule over one\u2019s life. <\/p>\n

The Kingdom is not a spiritual feeling. It is a concrete reality, with a throne. Either God rules, or someone else rules. There are no neutral territories. <\/p>\n

Conclusion: a call, not an option<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesus did not found a religion. He brought a Kingdom. A Kingdom in which God is King, the Spirit is active force, identity is restored, mission is clear, and rest is participation in divine government. <\/p>\n

He who perseveres, says Revelation, will sit with Him on His throne.<\/p>\n

This is the destiny of the redeemed man.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t survive.<\/p>\n

Reigning.<\/p>\n

It is time to enter the Kingdom.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to rest-ruling.<\/p>\n

Maurizio Tiezzi<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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