The divine method of gaining dominion over age is touched upon by Zophar when he says to Job: "If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; if iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
As the individual awakens to his need for stability and dominion over his problems, he is ready to listen to a source higher than the finite human mind.
Moses gave the Israelites this message from God when they were in sight of the Promised Land: "Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land.