What/Who is the Lord of My Life?

At church this morning, our pastor did a sermon on the Lord.

 

This sermon really got me thinking. Our pastor talked about how we don’t give Jesus His rightful title in our lives, sometimes. We put other things before Him. We let other things control us, when Jesus should be the one in control.

I know there are times when I put other things before Jesus and I let those things control me. Like my emotions, for example. When things don’t go my way or I don’t get what I want, I sometimes let my emotions control me and how I act. I don’t think about Jesus and how I SHOULD act. I just think about how I feel and how I WANT to act. That’s the biggest thing that I struggle with; I let my emotions control my actions.

 

Sometimes I think about some things in my past that hurt me and I let them control me. I let that hurt and pain that I felt in the past, control me. It makes me act ways that aren’t pleasing to God and it hurts others around me.

Giving those emotions control and giving that pain control, makes them the Lord of my life.

 

There are times when I let my children control everything that I do and the choices that I make. I let them CONTROL things that shouldn’t be theirs to control. When my kids aren’t in good moods (whining and screaming at the tops of their lungs), I let myself become in a bad mood, resulting in me not acting how I should as a mother. I let them control what mood I’m in and how I react to certain things.

I also let my husband control who I am, sometimes. This one is the hard one. Because I want to please him so much, it’s hard not to let him control who I am and how I am. It’s hard keeping myself separate from him and what he does, because I have given so much of myself to him and he has given so much of himself to me. We are so close together; we are one. Yes, it is not good to let your husband/wife/significant other control you, even if it makes you a better person. That’s not their place. Yes, there’s a difference between submission and just letting your significant other control you (another post for another day).

Giving my husband and my children the ability to control me, means that I'm giving them the authority to be my Lord.

 

If Jesus is the Lord of my life, He should be the one that I let control me and everything that I do. I should let Him have COMPLETE control over everything. My feelings, emotions, actions, relationships, and my life. When I let Him have complete control, I will begin to see the things that I am meant to do in this life, for Him. I will be able to see the work that I am supposed to do. If I give Jesus Christ complete control, He will become the LORD of my life. I will begin to act according to His plan and His word. I will be who I need to be for Jesus Christ. 

 

2 Corinthians 4:5 says, “For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.”

 

Is Jesus the Lord in your life? Or is there something else that you’re calling Lord?