You are my Lord

I often wonder how teens get themselves into the challenging situations of life. They find they are somewhere that they never thought they would be. I guess in many ways it is because they think they know more than others. I guess that is really human nature. It is not just teens but adults too.


I think that one of the hardest things to discover in life is that we are not invincible. Nothing bad could ever happen to us they think. I work with firemen who talk about getting older and realizing that they are not "10 feet tall and bulletproof." It is not always easy for the young firemen to understand, until they go down that hard road themselves.


Until we come to that realization, we will always be vulnerable to others suggestions. When a teen is offered alcohol, drugs, sex or other vices, most of them probably have a check in their "heart" as to whether it is the right thing to do. Then they are able to convince themselves that they are stronger than what is laid out before them. They are believing a lie. 


As Christians we need to understand something important too. Here it is...are you ready for it? I am going to look at the next line from Psalm 16:2, King David is sharing his heart with God.

Psalm 16:2 "I said to the Lord, 'you are my Lord'."


It is amazing what one 2 letter word can make. The word "my" implies possession of something. David says, "Lord, you are mine." Not as in a you are mine and I can tell you what to do and how to do it, but as you are mine and you can lead me. 
He doesn't say you are my brother, because that would make him an equal and on the same level as God, though it would sound good.
He doesn't say you are another one of my possessions (remember he had lots of those) because then he would have thought he had superiority over Him. He could then use God however he wanted.


He declares you are my Lord!!!


He also uses the word are, present tense. It wasn't that He used to be or will be in the future, but right now. In the midst of life He is! Sometimes we look back and say "He was Lord then, but I am not feeling Him right now." He still is. He is I AM, or maybe we think I will let Him be Lord in the future, but right now I want to be Lord of my own life.


Who did he make this declaration to? He made it to the Lord! This is important  because sometimes we say to others, "He is my Lord" and we can fool other people. When we say it to the Lord we can't fool Him.


In life it does come down to a Lordship issue. Who is the object of our worship? If we want to know what we worship, we just need to look at where we spend our time, talents, money and thoughts.


I have said alot of things to the Lord over the last few years, but I say to the Lord again, you are my Lord. I acknowledge that you are Lord.That for me means acknowledging that I am not. I see myself compared to Him. I know that He alone is my refuge. He alone is my source of provision. He alone is the one who speaks truth to me. He alone loves me, because I AM his.


Lordship means me stepping off my throne and once again inviting Him to His proper place!