Advent Week Two

He is Lord!  

I think that many of us, when Christ has enabled us to overcome one or two sins that were an obvious nuisance, are inclined to feel (though we do not put it into words) that we are now good enough. He has done all we wanted him to do, and we should be obliged if he would leave us alone. But the question is not what we intended ourselves to be, but what he intended us to be when he made us...

Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what he is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on. You knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised.

But presently he starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is he up to? The explanation is that he is building quite a different house from the one you thought of -- throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards.

You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage, but he is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it himself. (CS Lewis)

You call Me Master and obey me not,

You call Me Light and see me not,

You call Me way and follow me not

You call Me Life and desire me not,

You call Me wise and acknowledge me not,

You call Me fair and love me not,

You  call Me rich and ask me not,

You call Me eternal and seek me not,

You call Me gracious and trust me not,

You call Me Noble and serve me not,

You call Me mighty and honor me not,

You call Me just and fear me not,

If I condemn you, blame me not.

You call Me Master and obey me not!

Who is really in charge of your life and your daily decisions? You or Jesus? If He is Lord then we must live in submission to His will and His plan for our lives. We must pray daily like Jesus prayed in the garden, "I want your will to be done, not mine." Luke 22:42