Are You Holding Anything Back?

Today we are going to focus our attention on applying what we have learned.  We have learned that the name of the Lord is a strong tower.  This His name is Elohim (Creator), El Elyon (God Most High), El Roi (the God who sees), and El Shaddai (God Almighty, the All-Sufficient One).  This week we have learned that His name is also Adonai, Lord and Master.

This is a challenging name.  It is a name that denotes a relationship.  It is a name that indicates that I am not in charge; rather, I am the servant and He is the Master.  It is a name that challenges us to live in a way that demonstrates His lordship.  It challenges us to declare Him "Lord" not only with our lips but also with our lives.

How do we live this out?  Let's see what the Scripture has to say.  Read the following Scriptures and note what you learn from each about your Adonai and what your relationship to Him is to be.  What do you learn about how to apply what you have learned?  How does what you learn in these passages help you know how to live out what you have learned about Adonai?  What does it mean to know Him as Adonai, to run into the strong tower of that name?

• Matthew 7:21-23
• Psalm 141:8-10
• Psalm 119:125
• Psalm 136:1-3
• John 13:13-15
• John 15:10-12

In Luke 6:46 we read these words, "Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and do not do the things I say?"  If we are truly going to acknowledge Him as Adonai, must we not be obedient to the things He says?  And how do we know what He has said?  By spending time in His Word.  Not just by listening to what other people say that He said, no matter how reliable those people might be.  But by going directly to the source.  By spending time in the Word of God, getting to know its precepts, and ordering our lives to match up with what the Word says.

Here's the bottom line - who is master of your life?  Is there any area you are holding back?  Talk to your Adonai about that today.