Is He Lord of all or not Lord at all?

Well my plan with this blog was to at least write a post a week, if not more, but we’ve copped a bit of sickness and different things that has slowed me down a bit. It’s very interesting though, that when you know what God wants you to do, how many different things ‘all of a sudden’ pop up, distract you and try and stop you from doing it. I know without a doubt that this is part of God’s plan for my life. It doesn’t seem like a big deal, but only God knows the fruit of what can come of this and there’s no way I’m going to stop! I might slow down at times, but I’ll never give up! I’m reading a book by Dr Myles Munroe at the moment and I must say, it’s the most eye-opening book I’ve ever read – definitely will be a favourite. There are two things from the book that have really challenged me this week. The first one is (and I’ve just realised while writing this post that I’ve subtly let this one slip in my own life with this blog!), that each one of us are citizens of the Kingdom of God and our job in this world (under God’s supreme authority), is to dominate, rule, lead and have power and authority over our own personal lives, this earth and our area of gifting which God has given to us (not over people). Each one of us has an assignment from our King, we all have to find out what that job is and the one thing that a lot of us forget (talking to myself here!) is that all authority has been taken and stripped from the devil and his demons and has been given to us. He has no power over us (which I wrote a bit on in the last post). It’s so easy to forget! Like the sickness our family has just been through, I prayed for healing, but really how I should’ve prayed or declared is, “How dare you satan come against God’s beloved citizens of the Kingdom! All authority has been given to me, so I command this sickness to go now in the name of Jesus!” and that’s it! We have access to this Kingdom 24 hours a day, but never live in it! The devil knows it too, that’s why he himself will snatch away any understanding of the Kingdom from any believer (Matthew 13:19a). It certainly does mess with our minds though and that’s exactly where we need to focus on – renewing our minds. Jesus main message was, “Repent, for the Kingdom of God is near.” (Matthew 4:17) and the word ‘repent’ actually means to change your thinking, and to think like God. It doesn’t mean to feel guilty of all the bad things we’ve done in life, Jesus didn’t come into this world to condemn the world, but to save to world. The second thing that has challenged me this week from the book (after all that!), is the fact that God is either Lord over all or not Lord at all (over our own lives). I’ll explain, when we call Him ‘Lord’, it means that He has total authority over every part of our life. Obviously we are all human and make mistakes all the time, but how amazing is God that He can just forgive us. It’s a good thing that we’re saved by grace and not by works! To me ‘Lord of all’ means letting go of my own desires, worries, thoughts, wants and giving it over to God, so He can control them instead of me. Doing what God wants me to do, how He wants me to think, what He wants me to say everyday. Years ago, this used to freak me out. I used to be so scared to let things go and would try and control the way my life went. It’s actually how God created us to be in some way (to have dominion and authority), but we seem to miss one vital thing - God is our supreme authority. Now I believe, know and accept the fact that He knows way better, what is best for me than I know myself – He created me and I need Him to be the Lord of my life. I’m definitely not saying that I can do all of that every second of the day, because I’m not perfect and my flesh does rise up, but I’m a lot better with giving things over to God now than I used to be. I don’t stress out like I used to or worry about things, I’m more at peace, it is such a better way to live. God is not some huge ogre that will order us to do this and that. He just absolutely loves us to bits and wants the best for us. The love and care we have ever felt in this world, doesn’t even compare to the love and care God has for us – why do we hold on so tight to our own lives, worries and problems?