Greetings Friends,
We all who are born again quickly will say, "yes Jesus is Lord and Savior in my life"
Is this true or perhaps we all are to quick to assume this to be totally true?
Relax, I am not challenging your salvation or if one is truly Born Again.
However I do hope to open up the eyes of our heart and challenge us to truly do some examining of our lives and rise up unto a new level in Christ.
It's pretty much a given that none of us who are Born Again into Christ lack much in allowing Jesus to be our True Savior.
However there is another part to this and that is, "Lord of our Lives"
This is one area that we all need to step it up a notch into the fullness of Christ .
Note to Reader:
All of us, that is Every one who professes to be a Christian, simply needs to grasp this and understand what it truly means to make Jesus Lord of Your Life.
Scripture tells us in Mark 12:30
And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.'
We can see here that we are to love God in Every Area of our being and life.
If Jesus is not our Lord or Lord over any of these areas, well we are falling short of truly loving God in that area.
Let's stop and reflect on the term " Lord of or Lord over our lives"
What does this really mean?
Let's add to this "King of Kings" for this.
We serve our King or Lord. His Authority is Always present in every situation or every event of our lives. In our daily lives and in our secret lives or parts we keep hidden from others or our personal lives.
This means we are still servants or to serve under His command in all these area's.
It's all to easy for any of us to say, well brother FCJ , I already live like this .
I understand this because I have been their just like every one else, however my eyes of my heart are being enlightened and I am seeing how we as Believers have been lacking in this area and it is effecting our walk in Christ.
So it is my prayer that as you read a few examples that I shall write down, that it motivates everyone to HONESTLY seek God and allow Him to show us areas of our lives that He really is not Lord over.
Another words, the areas of our lives that we are lord over and keep closed unto Him.
Before anyone takes off in the direction that they have no place like this in their lives and this is non sense, I urge you to read on with a Willing Heart and open mind.
There are many areas that we tend to over look or play off as not important and make excuses to justify our actions.
Look at Forgiveness and walking in Thee Love of God.
God did not ask us to try or within reason but He simply Commanded us to do it.
This applies at work and school and at home with the family as well as the rude driver that just cut you off or the person who cut in front of you after you have been standing in line for 20 minutes.
Do you demand justice or just have to correct the situation by telling them they just wronged you?
Well that is an area that you are lord over and said no to Jesus.
You pick and choose a church by their status or size or music or name and the big one, closeness.
Have you ever refused to go to a church because it's all the way across town or in the next town?
Again this would be another area that you are lord over and said no to Jesus.
Friends, we must allow God to direct our steps even to our church. It may be nothing you would choose or in another area all together- BUT that is where your place is. Things like Grace, Growth, provision and everything God has for you will be.
Friends, Spouse, work, desires and so forth.
These are just a glimpse of areas or things that we tend to keep Jesus out of.
I pray this will get you thinking and truly examining your lives.
It will bring a change that you could not even imagine.
Blessings to you
FCJ
We all who are born again quickly will say, "yes Jesus is Lord and Savior in my life"
Is this true or perhaps we all are to quick to assume this to be totally true?
Relax, I am not challenging your salvation or if one is truly Born Again.
However I do hope to open up the eyes of our heart and challenge us to truly do some examining of our lives and rise up unto a new level in Christ.
It's pretty much a given that none of us who are Born Again into Christ lack much in allowing Jesus to be our True Savior.
However there is another part to this and that is, "Lord of our Lives"
This is one area that we all need to step it up a notch into the fullness of Christ .
Note to Reader:
All of us, that is Every one who professes to be a Christian, simply needs to grasp this and understand what it truly means to make Jesus Lord of Your Life.
Scripture tells us in Mark 12:30
And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.'
We can see here that we are to love God in Every Area of our being and life.
If Jesus is not our Lord or Lord over any of these areas, well we are falling short of truly loving God in that area.
Let's stop and reflect on the term " Lord of or Lord over our lives"
What does this really mean?
Let's add to this "King of Kings" for this.
We serve our King or Lord. His Authority is Always present in every situation or every event of our lives. In our daily lives and in our secret lives or parts we keep hidden from others or our personal lives.
This means we are still servants or to serve under His command in all these area's.
It's all to easy for any of us to say, well brother FCJ , I already live like this .
I understand this because I have been their just like every one else, however my eyes of my heart are being enlightened and I am seeing how we as Believers have been lacking in this area and it is effecting our walk in Christ.
So it is my prayer that as you read a few examples that I shall write down, that it motivates everyone to HONESTLY seek God and allow Him to show us areas of our lives that He really is not Lord over.
Another words, the areas of our lives that we are lord over and keep closed unto Him.
Before anyone takes off in the direction that they have no place like this in their lives and this is non sense, I urge you to read on with a Willing Heart and open mind.
There are many areas that we tend to over look or play off as not important and make excuses to justify our actions.
Look at Forgiveness and walking in Thee Love of God.
God did not ask us to try or within reason but He simply Commanded us to do it.
This applies at work and school and at home with the family as well as the rude driver that just cut you off or the person who cut in front of you after you have been standing in line for 20 minutes.
Do you demand justice or just have to correct the situation by telling them they just wronged you?
Well that is an area that you are lord over and said no to Jesus.
You pick and choose a church by their status or size or music or name and the big one, closeness.
Have you ever refused to go to a church because it's all the way across town or in the next town?
Again this would be another area that you are lord over and said no to Jesus.
Friends, we must allow God to direct our steps even to our church. It may be nothing you would choose or in another area all together- BUT that is where your place is. Things like Grace, Growth, provision and everything God has for you will be.
Friends, Spouse, work, desires and so forth.
These are just a glimpse of areas or things that we tend to keep Jesus out of.
I pray this will get you thinking and truly examining your lives.
It will bring a change that you could not even imagine.
Blessings to you
FCJ