Trusting In Jesus as Lord

Remembering that Adonai translates to "Lord"  We will ask the question today "Do I trust Jesus as my Lord?"
Adonai is Master and Owner of all those who love their master so much so that they are His servants for life.
Read with me the following verses and Ask yourself this question:
"How do I see Jesus in my life?"

John 13:13 

"You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am."

Hebrews 1:3
"And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,"

To understand God we need to look at and listen to Jesus because as it says in the book of John;

John 1:18
"No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him."

And this same verse in The Message says:

John 1:16-18 The Message (MSG)
We all live off his generous bounty, gift after gift after gift. We got the basics from Moses, and then this exuberant giving and receiving, This endless knowing and understanding— all this came through Jesus, the Messiah. No one has ever seen God, not so much as a glimpse. This one-of-a-kind God-Expression, who exists at the very heart of the Father, has made him plain as day.

God taught us that we cannot serve two masters, we must follow Him if He is truly our Lord. Check out this verse in Matthew:

Matthew 6:24
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth."

And again look into Matthew and read the following:

Matthew 24:45-46
“Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes."

Matthew 25:21
"His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’"

And in Luke:

Luke 12:37
"Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them."

And then skip back again to Matthew where we read the following:

Matthew 16:24-25

Discipleship Is Costly!
"Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. 25 For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it."

I think from these verses we can see making Jesus Lord of our life is pretty serious business, and we need to make sure we are committed to Him, and willing to give up all for Him. Am I ready to surrender all? Jesus was certainly willing as He was our example here on earth, to let God the Father be His Master and Owner. You see Jesus willingly bought us for a very dear price. Here are some verses to think about, and pray over.

1 Corinthians 6:20 "For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body."

How Paul described himself:

Romans 1:1
The Gospel Exalted
"Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,"

In this verse, the word "bond-servant" is "doulos" and refers to a servant who willingly chooses to serve his master, completely belonging to his master with no freedom to leave. So Paul has pretty much told us he is Jesus' servant. LOCK, STOCK & BARREL! Catherine Martin tells us in Her book, TRUSTING IN THE NAMES OF GOD, on page 126 "If you want to understand what it means to serve Adonai, look at the example of Jesus and how He lived His life on earth. check out this section of Scripture about Jesus:

Philippians 2:7-8 "but (Jesus)emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross."

And then in the book of John while talking to His disciples:

John 4:34 "Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work."

Hebrews 10:5-7 "Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, “SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, BUT A BODY YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME; IN WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE TAKEN NO PLEASURE. “THEN I SAID, ‘BEHOLD, I HAVE COME (IN THE SCROLL OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME) TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD.’”

Are you willing today to say to Adonai today, "Here I am Lord, I delight to do Your will." ? Here I Am