Allowing Jesus to be Lord of Your Life

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Question: Allowing Jesus to Be Lord of Your Life

Several months ago you answered the question ā€œHow do I know when Jesus is Lord of my life?ā€ The question I have is ā€œHow do I allowĀ Jesus to be the Lord of my life?ā€

Answer:

Let’s use an ā€œacrosticā€ with the word ā€œLordā€ to answer this question.

  1. L – Love. Jesus says in Luke 10:27: ā€œYou shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind.ā€ Jesus cannot be Lord of our lives if we are not willing to love Him with our whole heart and give Him our complete devotion. So often, we hold back as we are self-seeking and self-cenĀ­tered and are not willing to fully turn our lives over to Him. Obviously, this is a life time process, but we need to be making progress as we yield our lives to Him. So often, we can demonstrate our love for God through ministry to others.
  2. O – Obey. Talking about Jesus, the writer to the Hebrews wrote: ā€œā€¦ He became the source of salvation to all who obey Himā€ (Heb. 5:9). Disobedience brought sin and death to the human race. Christ’s death on the cross provided forgiveness and life to those who obey Him. Our will must be surrendered to God. Christ becomes Lord of our lives when we seek to do, say, and be what He wants. Peter said in Acts 5:29 that ā€œwe must obey God rather than men.ā€
  3. R – Rely. We read in Proverbs 3:5: ā€œTrust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight.ā€ We are living in a world that relies on family, jobs, money, lawĀ­yers, psychiatrists, etc. Scripture tells us that we must rely on God. People and things can be helpful, but they cannot satisfy the needs of the soul. God can and will as we see in Psalm 37:5: ā€œCommit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act.ā€ That’s a promise to us, and God’s doesn’t break promises!
  4. D – Duty. Again, hearing the words of Jesus: ā€œThe harvest is plentiful, but the laborĀ­ers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvestā€ (Matt. 9:37-38). So many Christians are all talk and no walk! Many fail in their Christian responĀ­sibility; they are unfaithful, therefore unfruitful. There are many commands in Scripture for Christians in terms of their duty or responsibility: ā€œMake disciplesā€ (Matthew 28:19); ā€œBe witĀ­nessesā€ (Acts 1:8); ā€œBe ambassadorsā€ (11 Cor. 5:20); ā€œsow seedsā€ (Matt. 13)—just to name a few. James said: ā€œEven so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itselfā€ (James 2:17).

I have collected a few ā€œsayingsā€ over the years that might help us to understand this concept:

ā€œLive so that if people get to know you, they will get to know Jesus better.ā€ ā€œLive so that when you tell someone you are a Christian, it confirms their suspicions instead of surprising them.ā€

ā€œLive so that the preacher won’t have to lie at your funeral.ā€

ā€œLive as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back tomorrow.ā€

These are some of the steps you can take in ā€œmaking Jesus the Lord of your life.ā€

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1 Comment

  1. Adaaku Aberagi Thomas on July 4, 2017 at 9:52 am

    This is very interesting, it’s important that we live our lives just as Jesus Christ himself suggests; way, truth and life. If we are truly living as model Christians then we’ll become get way for people to pass through and enter heaven.

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