Bishop TL Robinson  

"Why do you call Me, "Lord, Lord," and do not what I say?"
Luke 6:46

  The greatest confession you, I or anyone else for that matter, can ever make is, "Jesus is Lord."  It is important for us to understand the implications of that statement.  Perhaps you have never really sat down and thought about what it means, but when you said, "Jesus is Lord," you said a lot!

   First lets be clear that we do not and we did not "make Him Lord."  Jesus was already Lord, so we did not make Him Lord, we just came under His lordship.  But what exactly does that mean to and for us? How can we practically apply this to our lives?

   The word 'lord' in Hebrew is adonai, which means owner!  Jesus is the King of the Kingdom of heaven, of which we are all citizens.  In a kingdom the King/Lord owns everything & everyone in it.  There is no personal/private ownership in the Kingdom.  Psalm 24:1,2 clearly tells us that the earth and everything in it belongs to God, so we actually own nothing.  And thats not a bad thing at all.  Why do I say that?

   If you own it then you are responsible for it's upkeep, etc.  But if you are simply leasing it or you are a steward of it, you have an obligation to maintain it, but the primary responsibility belongs to the owner. 

   Say that you were renting instead of buying a home.  If something breaks or stops working, you don't have to go into your pocket to have it fixed; that's the landlord's responsibility!  When you submitted to the Lordship of Jesus you actually placed the care of you (spiritual, physical, mental, social, etc,) in His care.  He owns you and it is not your place to try and fix yourself.  Jesus will fix you because He is Lord of you.

   Being lord also means that He is first in your life.  Whatever He commands or desires for you and of you, your answer must always be, "Yes, Lord."  If Jesus is your Lord, you cannot say, "Lord...but," or "Lord...wait."  There is no such thing as lordship without obedience!
I submit to you beloved that we cannot call Him Lord and then proceed to make excuses as to why we have not obeyed Him.

   Being Lord tells us that whatever He commands us to do, He must make provisions to do it.  Keep in mind that Abraham didn't go up to Moriah looking for a ram.  He was there to obey God completly.  We will never see the provision without being obedient.  As our Lord, He has obligated Himself to take care of us.

   I pray that all who call on the name of Jesus Christ, and who have boldly declared Him as your Lord, would begin to do what He commands.  Jesus is either Lord of all, or He is not Lord at all.  Just something for you to think about. 

                                                                  Love Bishop Robinson