“If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” [Rom 10:9 HCSB]
You are probably reading this devotional this day because at some point in your life you did exactly what Paul wrote in Romans 10. You confessed that Jesus is Lord, you believed that He died, was buried, and rose from the grave. And you know that through that confession of faith, you are saved now and will be with Him one day.
Jesus is Lord. Lord, NT:2962, kurios (koo’-ree-os); from kuros (supremacy); supreme in authority.
Jesus is Lord. He is the supreme authority over and in our salvation. (Colossians 1:15-20 also declares His authority over everything, “in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities….”)
Salvation, of course, is our greatest need, but I wonder what would happen if we, His church, started claiming and confessing His Lordship over more than just our salvation. What if we started seeking His Lordship over our bodies, our minds, our wills? What if we started claiming His Lordship over our jobs, our families, our finances, our marriages? What would happen if we started claiming His Supreme authority over our churches, our neighborhoods, our politicians, our scientists, our doctors, and our lawyers?
I wonder if we are stopping short of what God’s great will is. Jesus said that we are to pray that the Father’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven. We acknowledge with our minds that God’s will is the supremacy, the Lordship of Christ over all things, but are we praying that way? Are we expecting God’s Spirit to move in answer to those kinds of prayers?
Or, are we stopping short? Something I am surely going to be thinking and praying about today.
