Interesting conversation–a friend and I were talking about our experiences in visiting other locations on mission trips. His comment, “They live as though Jesus really is their King!” Wow!
What does it mean to live the Christian life? Surely it is more than worship attendance, or more than worship plus some prayer and regular Bible reading. In our U.S. culture, we little understand the concept of kingship or royalty, but I think few kings would be satisfied with subjects who merely read the edicts of the king, told the king what they needed or wanted, and attended all of the state functions.
How does an authentic Christian live out the lordship of Jesus daily? What does it mean to us when we read “we are not our own, we are bought with a price,” or that “we are slaves to righteousness”? What is the focus of our lives? What do we think about more than anything else?
I do not pretend to answer for you. I only say that I am humbly called to evaluate more closely my own life and to consider what it means to live as though Jesus is Lord!