Monday, July 11, 2011

If He's Not Lord of All, Then He's Not Lord At All!

This is a clip from the movie "Bruce Almighty"  .  Let me say that I have never saw the movie and I am not endorsing the movie.  However, this clip I saw caught my attention.  It's about surrender.....but look at the desperation of this character played by Jim Carey.  He is exhausted from doing things his way....playing God.  (The opportunity given to him in the movie.)  He is now in the midst of this rainstorm, totally drenched from the rain and drained from the price he paid......  all to realize that he couldn't be God.

If you are a Christian, you will find yourself going through many storms.  John 16:33 promises that .( "In this life you will have many problems, but take heart, I have overcome the world.")  But some storms are self inflicted.  When we fail to surrender to the Lordship of Jesus Christ then we set ourselves up for the storm that will come sooner or later.  We may think because the storm didn't come sooner then somehow we have escaped God's watchful eye.....but no we have not.  We have a long suffering Heavenly Father.  But, we also have a loving Heavenly Father who loves us too much to not go to great lengths to bring us back.  Even if
it means allowing us to encounter a storm.

I don't know about you but I have encountered enough storms that are not self inflicted to just live my life in such a way that will self inflict yet another storm for me to encounter.

A wise person will willingly submit.

Listen to this story:

The captain of a ship looked into the dark night and saw a faint light out in the distance.  He ordered the message to be sent, "Alter your course 10 degrees south"  In a few moments they received a message "Alter your course 10 degrees north."

The captain was annoyed.  He sent another message, "Alter your course 10 degrees south, I am a captain!"  The response?  "Alter your course 10 degrees north, I am a seaman third class."

Now that made the captain angry.  He sent the threatening message, "Alter your course 10 degrees south.  This is a battleship!"  The final response, "Alter your course 10 degrees  north.   This is a lighthouse!"

Jesus is our Lighthouse.  He does not alter His course.  We must alter ours.  If we choose to not surrender and alter our course then we will end up like the battleship.  He almost crashed.

Is Jesus telling you to alter your course?  If so, what is your response.

May you and I find ourselves surrendering!

To God be the glory