Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ I am the LORD your God.
– Leviticus 18:4 (NKJV)
When accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior, we also accept Him as Lord. We embrace His sacrifice for our salvation. We accept His suffering for our sins. Yet, we stumble when it comes to His lordship over our lives.
In Leviticus 18, God addresses His people through Moses the man of God, affirming His relationship with the people by stating repetitively: I am the LORD your God. The phrase repeats throughout the divine dialogue between God and His people. God states it through Moses and establishes His relationship with His people based on His decrees and statutes given in the wilderness. Read Psalm 145:13. It speaks of God’s “everlasting kingdom.” Nathan shared the words of God with David in 2 Samuel 7. God promised David: And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever (2 Samuel 7:16, KJV).
Let us fast forward to Jesus walking the earth as the Son of David. He came as the Messiah and the Christ, “the Anointed One.” The Savior would reign and rule as Lord forever. His kingdom would extend beyond Jewish bloodlines like He shared through His prophets. He came and sacrificed Himself for us. He kept His promise to redeem us. He offers the sinner in us all reconciliation. He lives as our Lord.
Look at how we handle Him ruling over us as Lord. We cry out to Him, expecting Him to offer us healing and help. Yet, we must regard Him as Lord. We must serve as His loyal subjects, for He is the King. Those who serve the King do as He says. They do each and every act according to His commandments in true submission.
He is your Lord.
Do what He says for you to do.
Do just what the Lord says.
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