God spoke to me this morning as I was in the mist of talking to Him and laid the word "Lord" on my heart to contemplate-as I know I say it often while I talk to Him-and asked me what it means to me and why I reference Him as such. We as Christians know that Jesus is real. He lived, died, was resurrected and now is our Living Christ. We have come to love and seek Him. But are we living our life for Him as our Lord? Lord just isn't a name given to our Christ. It was given to Him for a reason. We have always used the name Father in our society because of the biological gene pool everyone enters this human existance through. Jesus also walked this earth the same way as we do today and is a part of our earthly history. It is easy to grasp this concept. Look around at all the beautiful genius creation that surrounds us and we experience God through all the things that were gloriously, divinely created! Those who experience the Holy Spirit feel a Sovereign connection that reinforces our faith. These have a tendency to produce a much closer personal connection to us when we use them when we reference our Heavenly Trinity. But Lord is one that I have been currently directed to stop and focus on to really get the true meaning that is behind the name. I know I have been prone to use it as a reference to name without always giving much thought as to why I use it. Of course we hear or read the Lord's name and begin to use it in our own walk with Him. But do we take enough time to really focus on the importance of why our Savior was given this one in specific as one of His many wonderful names?


Here are some terms I looked up that define Lord:

1. A man of high rank in a feudal society or in one that retains feudal forms and institutions, especially:
2. A king.
3. A territorial magnate.
4. The proprietor of a manor.
5. Used as a form of address for a marquis, an earl, or a viscount.
6. Used as the usual style for a baron.
7. Used as a courtesy title for a younger son of a duke or marquis.
8. Used as a title for certain high officials and dignitaries: Lord Chamberlain; the Lord Mayor of London.
9. Used as a title for a bishop.
10. God.
11. Christianity Jesus.
12. A man of renowned power or authority.
13. A man who has mastery in a given field or activity.
14. Archaic The male head of a household.
15. Archaic A husband.

1.	a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.

2.	a person who exercises authority from property rights; an owner of land, houses, etc.

3.	a person who is a leader or has great influence in a chosen profession: the great lords of banking.

4.	a feudal superior; the proprietor of a manor.

5.	a titled nobleman or peer; a person whose ordinary appellation contains by courtesy the title Lord or some higher title.

6.	Lords, the Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal comprising the House of Lords.

7.

(initial capital letter) (in Britain) a. the title of certain high officials (used with some other title, name, or the like): Lord Mayor of London. b. the formally polite title of a bishop: Lord Bishop of Durham. c. the title informally substituted for marquis, earl, viscount, etc., as in the use of Lord Kitchener for Earl Kitchener.

8.	(initial capital letter) the Supreme Being; God; Jehovah.

9.	(initial capital letter) the Savior, Jesus Christ.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lord


In my walk with the Lord I am always diligently wondering if I am completely in the will of God. I forever worry whether I am making my decisions and doing the work that He has intended for me to do. It is hard sometimes to decipher if I am fulfilling my own selfish desire or fulfilling the will that was bestowed upon me by our Sovereign King. I continually seek His hand in leading my direction. I do not know specifically right now why He has chosen to lay this on my heart but I do know He is trying to give me guidance in reference to something  that I have sought for in the past. I have so much going on in my life and so many directions and ideas that consume my heart and thoughts here lately and I am always asking the Lord which of these I should follow. I ask Him to open doors or slam them shut. I ask Him to have control and utilize me as His vessel and at His will. I pray for Him, not necessarily to give me answers but, rather give me confirmation that I am headed the right way. I use His word and life circumstance as guidance and I know that He has the ultimate soveriegn "say-so" on everything that occurs in our lives so that usually gives me peace that I am where He wants me to be. I do not know exactly why I am writing this blog or even if it makes sense. I am in a point in my life though that I have so many "circumstances" that I am facing which tends to confuse this fleshly brain and heart of mine. I do not know if God sent me this because I am not completely in His will and serving Him as my Lord and therefore He is trying to direct me in a different direction. He could also have me here as a reassurance that I am exactly where I need to be. But at this junction I could also be facing both those at the same time or maybe He stopped me here to show me something totally different than what I have just mentioned. 

However, I DO know that I am doing the right thing, whether I am in His complete will or not at this current moment, by continuing to turn to and seek Him. I DO know that as long as I continue to do this that He will get me exactly where He wants me when He is ready for me to be there. I so diligently seek to serve Him as the Sovereign Lord that He is. I want Him to have complete authority, power and control over me. I don't want Him to be Just any master, chief OR ruler over me. I want Him to be THE Master, Chief AND Ruler over me. We all need to be aware of the importance of what He expects of us as our Lord. We are to serve Him in and through all things.

Yes, Jesus is my Lord, and I His servant.

PRAISE HIM!!!

May God richly bless you all!

Your sister in Christ,

Tina