I don’t need Jesus as Lord over my life.
I have Him
as Savior and that’s all I want!
These were the words I heard from a friend not long ago. As I pondered their
implication, my heart broke. I sought the Lord in prayer and intercession. The
Lord responded with a vision and a word of wisdom.
What I saw was the narthex
of a small church with several people standing around. Two were whispering to
each other while another kept to himself. One was sitting in a chair reading
a newspaper. One scared and indecisive woman bit her fingernails while she paced
back and forth in front of the double doors. I could see there were rays of
light coming through the small windows in the doors. The handles were on the
outside ready when anyone of them decided to enter. As I looked through the
windows, I could see the glory of Jesus towards the front. Many were singing and raising
their hands in praise. Others danced with joy. I felt the
love and faith the people inside had for their Savior and Lord.
Then the Lord said,
“Yes their sins are forgiven.
However, they are still choosing to be lead by the enemy’s wisdom instead of
learning to renew their mind and rely on My Word. I long for them to trust Me
fully and live in My Presence. I want to show them how to overcome and live in
victory as Lord of their life. For those who are willing to turn towards Me, I
will show them the abundant life they so desire.”
Receiving Jesus as our
Savior in our life takes a God-given measure of faith. But, accepting Jesus as
Lord takes a willingness on our part to develop that measure of faith into total
trust. When we are unwilling to risk learning more about kingdom living, then
we will live far below the victorious life that Jesus fought and died to give us.
Instead of walking by faith,
we will continue to depend on ourselves. We won’t seek His word for wisdom or
others for godly counsel. We convince ourselves faith development is to hard. Stress
and fear will plague us. After we have unsuccessfully struggled through a
challenge, we then begin to wonder why God had not been more helpful, forgetting we shut
Him out earlier.
Jesus desires to be there to
help us with every aspect of our lives no matter how big or small. The question
is: Do we want His kind of help?
Today, think about where you
stand with the Lord. Is He Savior and Lord of your life? Do you want Him to be? Then, think about what you need to do to get
where you would like to be? Choose wisely. God awaits your commitment and choice.
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. 2 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. 3 For I say,
through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of
himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God
has dealt to each one a measure of faith.
Romans 12:1-3
New King James Version (NKJV)
