Jesus Is Lord
Is Jesus Lord of your life?
I woke up this morning with the Lord speaking to me about lordship, about Him being the Lord in every situation in my life. I thought He was Lord of my life, but you and I both know that when He poses a question to you, what you thought you were doing right needs some fine tuning.
I heard someone once say that if He is not Lord of all, then He is not Lord at all. And I saw several areas in my life where He is not Lord.
What do we mean by Lord? What exactly does that mean for me personally in my relationship with Jesus Christ? According to the 1828 Webster’s Dictionary, the word “lord” is supposed to be compounded of the word “half,” which means loaf and the word “ford,” which means to give. So lord has the interpretation of bread-giver. We could camp here for quite a while. Remember Jesus said that He was the Bread of Life that had come down from heaven. We are to feed on Him. In Psalm 23 we read that He is our Shepherd to feed us and guide us and shield us.
“A lord is a master, a person possessing supreme power and authority, a ruler, a governor. In Scripture, the Supreme Being; Jehovah. When Lord, in the Old Testament, is printed in capitals, it is the translation of JEHOVAH, and so might, with more propriety, be rendered (Jehovah). The word is applied to Christ, and to the Holy Spirit…Christ is called the Lord of glory and Lord of lords.”
In Strong’s Concordance, references to the word Lord take up page after page. You may want to do a study on the Lordship of Jesus Christ in the scriptures for your personal Bible study. You will be in awe of the number of references to Lordship. I believe God is trying to get something across to us.
I pose the question to you today? Who or what is lord of your life? Let the Holy Spirit take an inventory. Is it the accolades of man? Is it money? Is it comfort and convenience? Is it your husband? Is it your children? Is it your job? Is it your pastor? Is it your best friend? Is it sickness and disease? Is it your favorite doctor? OR IS HE JESUS? I know that I am allowing the Holy Spirit to show me those areas that He wants to deal with and make God #1.
Let’s look at some examples of the Lordship of Jesus Christ in the scriptures.
As far as I am concerned, the first and the greatest and the most wonderful thing that I have in my life is God’s eternal life, His Life, His zoe. And Jesus Christ is Lord over my life by virtue of being the Lord of eternal life, which is in me as a born-again Christian.
Romans 5:21 tells us that just as sin reigned unto death in our lives now grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:23 tells us that the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
According to Romans 10:9, we are to confess with our mouths the Lord Jesus. I know that if we will confess that Jesus is Lord of our lives every day when we get up, He will show us how to handle everything that comes our way that day. By confessing Jesus as Lord, we give the Holy Spirit of God permission to direct our life that day.
According to Romans 13:14, we are to put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh to fulfill its lusts. So we see from this scripture that as we make Jesus Christ the Lord of our lives, it opens the door for Him to help us to make no provision for yielding to our fleshly desires which scream for attention. Did you know your flesh is like a spoiled child who has had its way so long that when it is denied, it screams to the top of its voice---give me your undivided attention? There is no way to overcome that except through Jesus Christ being in charge by the power of the Holy Spirit.
In Romans 16:24 we read: the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. The fullness of God’s grace goes with His Lordship. His grace is His Love extended to us when we don’t deserve it but He still loves us anyway. When we make Him Lord of our lives in every area, then His Love is free to reign and He can do His work of taking care of the situation for us. Love reigns supreme in Jesus Christ because He is a member of the Godhead. And God is Love. He is nothing else but Love. Lordship is Loveship. Ponder this for a while.
This is just a short excerpt concerning Lordship in Romans. The Word of God is packed with references to Lordship. Apparently the Lord Jesus Christ wants us to get this understanding of what His Lordship in our lives will mean to us as children of the Most High God. It will definitely change our lives from failure to success, defeat to victory, fear to faith, confusion to wisdom and lack of love to love. Every day let’s confess JESUS IS LORD and allow Him to be in charge of our lives.
I woke up this morning with the Lord speaking to me about lordship, about Him being the Lord in every situation in my life. I thought He was Lord of my life, but you and I both know that when He poses a question to you, what you thought you were doing right needs some fine tuning.
I heard someone once say that if He is not Lord of all, then He is not Lord at all. And I saw several areas in my life where He is not Lord.
What do we mean by Lord? What exactly does that mean for me personally in my relationship with Jesus Christ? According to the 1828 Webster’s Dictionary, the word “lord” is supposed to be compounded of the word “half,” which means loaf and the word “ford,” which means to give. So lord has the interpretation of bread-giver. We could camp here for quite a while. Remember Jesus said that He was the Bread of Life that had come down from heaven. We are to feed on Him. In Psalm 23 we read that He is our Shepherd to feed us and guide us and shield us.
“A lord is a master, a person possessing supreme power and authority, a ruler, a governor. In Scripture, the Supreme Being; Jehovah. When Lord, in the Old Testament, is printed in capitals, it is the translation of JEHOVAH, and so might, with more propriety, be rendered (Jehovah). The word is applied to Christ, and to the Holy Spirit…Christ is called the Lord of glory and Lord of lords.”
In Strong’s Concordance, references to the word Lord take up page after page. You may want to do a study on the Lordship of Jesus Christ in the scriptures for your personal Bible study. You will be in awe of the number of references to Lordship. I believe God is trying to get something across to us.
I pose the question to you today? Who or what is lord of your life? Let the Holy Spirit take an inventory. Is it the accolades of man? Is it money? Is it comfort and convenience? Is it your husband? Is it your children? Is it your job? Is it your pastor? Is it your best friend? Is it sickness and disease? Is it your favorite doctor? OR IS HE JESUS? I know that I am allowing the Holy Spirit to show me those areas that He wants to deal with and make God #1.
Let’s look at some examples of the Lordship of Jesus Christ in the scriptures.
As far as I am concerned, the first and the greatest and the most wonderful thing that I have in my life is God’s eternal life, His Life, His zoe. And Jesus Christ is Lord over my life by virtue of being the Lord of eternal life, which is in me as a born-again Christian.
Romans 5:21 tells us that just as sin reigned unto death in our lives now grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:23 tells us that the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
According to Romans 10:9, we are to confess with our mouths the Lord Jesus. I know that if we will confess that Jesus is Lord of our lives every day when we get up, He will show us how to handle everything that comes our way that day. By confessing Jesus as Lord, we give the Holy Spirit of God permission to direct our life that day.
According to Romans 13:14, we are to put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh to fulfill its lusts. So we see from this scripture that as we make Jesus Christ the Lord of our lives, it opens the door for Him to help us to make no provision for yielding to our fleshly desires which scream for attention. Did you know your flesh is like a spoiled child who has had its way so long that when it is denied, it screams to the top of its voice---give me your undivided attention? There is no way to overcome that except through Jesus Christ being in charge by the power of the Holy Spirit.
In Romans 16:24 we read: the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. The fullness of God’s grace goes with His Lordship. His grace is His Love extended to us when we don’t deserve it but He still loves us anyway. When we make Him Lord of our lives in every area, then His Love is free to reign and He can do His work of taking care of the situation for us. Love reigns supreme in Jesus Christ because He is a member of the Godhead. And God is Love. He is nothing else but Love. Lordship is Loveship. Ponder this for a while.
This is just a short excerpt concerning Lordship in Romans. The Word of God is packed with references to Lordship. Apparently the Lord Jesus Christ wants us to get this understanding of what His Lordship in our lives will mean to us as children of the Most High God. It will definitely change our lives from failure to success, defeat to victory, fear to faith, confusion to wisdom and lack of love to love. Every day let’s confess JESUS IS LORD and allow Him to be in charge of our lives.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 7:34 AM
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