My Lord and Saviour

I was reading a book by Myles Munroe titled ‘Kingdom Principles’ and I came across the kingdom principle of Lord. The revelation was awesome and I want to share.

It is not uncommon in our religious system to refer to God as the lord of our lives. We confess it so easily yet live it out so badly. We say it anytime it feels appropriate, we declare it when we answered the altar calls and prayed it a couple of times too. However, one danger in religion is that of ever learning without coming into knowledge. ( 2Tim 3:7).

Just incase you have never heard, Lord means owner. The Bible says, “the earth is the Lord’s and it’s fulness thereof, the world and all that dwells therein” (Psalm 24:1). In our everyday English, that means, the earth and eve8rything in it belongs to God. Everything, including the social systems. He owns it all.

In that instance of ownership, God is referred to as lord. Everything really does belong to Him by creative right. So when you refer to God as the Lord of your life, you are saying the Lord owns you.

Giving your life to Christ has serious implications. If you do not mind, move away from your religious inclinations a bit and think about it. Giving your life to Christ means, you take the deed of ownership of your life and hand it over to Him.

Once, you did what you liked but now, you would do what He likes. Tnere’s a misconception about God that if you submit to Him, He would make you do what you hate the most. The truth is that, that only applies when you are carnal but with your heart set on God, it would not be a bother because He would give you the desires of your heart. He would place those desires in you. (Psalm 37:4).

So, if God is the lord of your life, you would do what He says. Jesus asked, “why do you call me lord, yet you do not do what I say” (Luke 6:46). That’s because if He truly owns you, you must be submitted to His will. As Myles Munroe taught, there’s no option of “Lord, no” or “Lord, but” or “Lord, wait”. The only response available is “Lord, yes”.

Remember, there is one God and you are not Him. If you merely call Him Lord and you want to live in Him fully and become a real citizen of His kingdom, enough with the double standard. What’s not okay on Sundays is not okay the rest of the week. What’s not okay in the presence of God is not okay anywhere else because in truth, He never leaves you. He promised. (Heb. 13:5).

So, before you call Him Lord again, be sure to hand over the deed of ownership of your life and like Carrie Underwood sang, say to Him, “Jesus, take the wheel”.