Allowing Jesus to be Lord of Your Life
Question: Allowing Jesus to Be Lord of Your Life
Several months ago you answered the question āHow do I know when Jesus is Lord of my life?ā The question I have is āHow do I allowĀ Jesus to be the Lord of my life?ā
Answer:
Letās use an āacrosticā with the word āLordā to answer this question.
- L ā Love. Jesus says in Luke 10:27: āYou 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.
- O ā Obey. Talking about Jesus, the writer to the Hebrews wrote: ā⦠He became the source of salvation to all who obey Himā (Heb. 5:9). Disobedience brought sin and death to the human race. Christās 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 āwe must obey God rather than men.ā
- R ā Rely. We read in Proverbs 3:5: āTrust 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: āCommit your way to the Lord, trust in Him and He will act.ā Thatās a promise to us, and Godās doesnāt break promises!
- D ā Duty. Again, hearing the words of Jesus: āThe 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: āMake disciplesā (Matthew 28:19); āBe witĀnessesā (Acts 1:8); āBe ambassadorsā (11 Cor. 5:20); āsow seedsā (Matt. 13)ājust to name a few. James said: āEven so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itselfā (James 2:17).
I have collected a few āsayingsā over the years that might help us to understand this concept:
āLive so that if people get to know you, they will get to know Jesus better.ā āLive so that when you tell someone you are a Christian, it confirms their suspicions instead of surprising them.ā
āLive so that the preacher wonāt have to lie at your funeral.ā
āLive as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back tomorrow.ā
These are some of the steps you can take in āmaking Jesus the Lord of your life.ā
This is very interesting, itās 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 weāll become get way for people to pass through and enter heaven.