Who Is In The Driver's Seat?

As some of you may know this week is holy week. And as mentioned in my earlier post we have this pastor, Rev. Kent Reynolds from Asbury Theological Seminary at our church to conduct services for the entire week right up to Easter Sunday. Although the traffic was horrendous today from PJ to KL, I'm glad that I braved the 1.5 hour bumper to bumper traffic to get to church.

Now this pastor is a giant of a man. And I literally mean he's a giant. Our home pastor who is relatively tall around 5'8" is only up to this guy's shoulders. So you can imagine how Rev. Kent sticks out in the congregation. I wouldn't say the visiting pastor is a very charismatic "rah rah" preacher but he certainly gets the point across. Although I cannot remember exactly what all the key points of his sermon were tonight, there was one point that I think for those of us who profess Jesus as our savior, should take some time to meditate over.

It is always easy to say that Jesus is my Lord and Saviour. The easy part is professing He's our saviour. But though it is easy to say that Jesus is my Lord, how many of us actually fully acknowledge His Lordship in every aspect of our lives? Is He Lord of all the decisions that I make? Is He Lord of my relationship with others? Is He Lord of my time? Is he Lord of my finances? Is He Lord of my actions and words? Do we say "Hey Jesus, why don't you come along for the ride and bless me wherever I'm heading?" or do we say " Jesus you drive and I'll sit behind and let you drive me wherever you want."

I don't know about you, but I certainly struggle with giving Him Lordship over more than 1 of the above mentioned aspects. What is it that makes it difficult for us to give Him Lordship? Note that "give" being the key word since God has given us free will. So we have a choice to give over to Him lordship over our lives or not. Is fear of the unknown holding us back or has it got to do with trust? Do we not trust God who has promised to prosper us and to give us every good thing? Or is it because we want to say to God, you show me what you have in plan then I'll decide whether to give you Lordship over my life. I for one am truly guilty of both.

So where does that leave me? Am I to only say that for the time being that Jesus is my Saviour and not fully my Lord? I guess the most honest answer would be yes he is my Lord and no he is not fully Lord of my life. Yes, because I have chosen to give Jesus the key's to my car and I will sit behind and no because I know at times I will be a naggy back seat driver but with His grace working in my life I will learn each day to fully trust Him and His will for me.

So who is in your driver's seat?