“But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord’ and not do the things which I say?” Lk 6:46
Why have I not forgiven as instructed?
Why have I not obeyed the things I am told to do from the Word?
Why has my intention and desire to obey the Lord fallen short?
Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and not do the things which I say?
The plague of self…
If I realize that the love language of the Lord is obedience (Jn 14:21), then I will also realize that the true answer to the Lord’s question in Lk 6:46 is that I still love myself more than I love the Lord. In fact, I am still enslaved to myself because of that love, and because of that enslavement (Rom 6:16) I am reaping a future of death.
The Lord, if He is My Lord, has already freed me from sin and eternal separation, but if I begin to live a life surrendered to my soul (will, intellect, and emotions) and in deception believe I am living in obedience to Him when I am really serving myself – I am simply deceived… and reaping destruction.
This suits the enemies plan perfectly. I think I am walking in righteousness when all along I am walking in selfishness. The wages I then earn are death. Booyah, enemy wins!
You see, this is the dilemma we face as believers. This is the litmus test that we must honestly face, and monitor, and be on guard against about ourselves everyday of our lives…
Who actually sits on the throne of my heart???
If it is the Lord, truly, I will be convicted by the Holy Spirit for my failure to obey in the areas instructed. That conviction will inspire repentance on my part and a desire to turn more fully into obedience in the areas where I have failed.
And thus my Christian walk is none other than a path of tweaking by the Holy Spirit where my obedience becomes more pure, more consecrated, more whole. Like gold refined by fire I am constantly being changed, from glory to glory.
However, if I am deceived, and I am the one who truly occupies the thrown of my heart… then the error of declination will become more and more apparent the further I walk through life. As I submit to enslavement to my “self”, I will serve my own will, emotions, and intellect … and all the while believe I am serving the One true God.
What is the greatest indicator that I am dangerously deceived??? My life will lack the victory of the Lord, His Presence, His Word, His influence…
I will continue to struggle in areas of failure, failing again and again and it will appear hopeless. Marriage, relationships, ministry, finances, career, it doesn’t matter. My life will display a lack of victory…in Christ.
How can I prevent or detect this fatal error?
I must notice, am I becoming more in love and submitted to the Lord without reservation? Or am I becoming more submitted to self?
Which way am I focused? To the Lord? Or to myself?
Which is the one I am more in tune with? The Lord or myself?
James instructs us to be a doer of the word, not a hearer only… and it is for this very reason. If I am only committed to hear the word, but not do it, it is only a matter of time before I become deceived (by reasoning contrary to the Truth) Jam 1:22.
Eventually, you become like the one who looks at his natural face in the mirror and moves away, and forgets what he looks like.
You forget what you look like because that would bring conviction. The enemy doesn’t want that. He wants you to focus on yourself, but then forget that you are focusing on yourself.
What is the remedy for this predicament??? Return to John 12:24-25. Let your own life fall to the ground. Let it die (yield it wholly to the Lord – faculties and members both, Rom 6:13) Lose sight of yourselves, forget about yourselves!!! And never let yourself be the center of your concern, focus, service, ever again. Maintain a course of actively serving God as Lord and Savior, first and foremost!!!
Yield yourself and keep on yielding to Him!!!
It is the only way.
SO,,, why can’t you answer the Lord’s question from Lk 6:46?
Because if He is your Lord in truth, He won’t need to ask the question…thus, you won’t be able to answer a question that is not asked…
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