Is Jesus Lord of All?

IS JESUS LORD OF ALL?

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” (Romans 12:1,2)

Submitting to Jesus Christ as your personal Savior opens your heart to Him, allows Him to fellowship and reside with you. However, committing to Him means you transfer the title of your life to Him. He comes not only to fellowship but also to re-design; not just to reside but to renovate your life.

The Lord goes through every room and does a remodeling job, top to bottom. He takes out a door here, but puts in a window there, erects a wall where there is permissiveness and takes out a dark closet where pet sins were once fed and nurtured. He wires your thinking and expands the square footage of your heart to dimensions you never thought possible!

So, the question is – are you willing to have the Lord be in control of your relationships, your work, your circumstances, your body? This would be making Him not just present in your life, but president – over all – the Lord of your externals. But perhaps more important is that the Lord be supreme and over all your internals; that is, your mind, your emotions, your will. The lordship issue boils down to a decision of the will. Robert Munger, in his excellent booklet, “My Heart – Christ’s Home” says, “Give the King a castle that is worthy of His presence.” Let’s make that a goal.

Make Him Lord of your externals and internals, and He will have His rightful place in your life. -- Rev. John Hibbard is a Board member of America's KESWICK and shares God's WORD each Sunday morning at the Colony Chapel.

God's WORD for YOU: Proverbs 6; 2 Chronicles 25-27; John 16

Great Quote: Part of our imitation of Christ includes a desire that all people come to salvation. Too often we lack this desire because we have not considered how terrible hell will be and have not remembered often enough that eternal punishment is the fate of all those who are apart from the true God. Let us pray daily that the Lord will give us a desire for everyone we know to be saved, even those who can be considered our enemies. Table Talk Magazine May 28, 2009