The Lordship of Jesus

UV 1043/10,000 The Lordship of Jesus
It is written: “ As surely as I live,: says the Lord, “ every knee will bow before me; every tongue will confess to God.”
Romans 14 v 11
Our knees are made strong so that we can bend in prayer. Our tongues are made strong so that we can confess our faith. Our knees give us the very wings to fly into the presence of the Lord. Our tongues give us the power to speak the very words of God. Spiritual anointing comes into our lives on account of our praying knees while spiritual power is released by the confessions of our tongues. This uni-verse describes the vision of all people who have ever lived eventually acknowledging God if they do not do so during their lifetime. When we confess the name of Jesus, God dwells in our hearts by faith. All that God is –is contained, symbolized and reflected in the very name of Jesus.

When we believe that God raised Jesus from the dead and say with our mouth that He is the Lord, we are declared saved. The word “lord” implies “love that rises over death” for in Him and His death and resurrection, the love of God overpowered the sin and death of man. When we kneel in worship, prayer and thanksgiving as an act of adoration and submission, we are expressing with our bodies the belief of our hearts, the words of our mouth and the action of our bodies. There is a perfect alignment of thought, word and deed, of spirit, mind and body. The guilt of man is turned into the gilt of the pure gold of truth and faith. The deception of man is turned into a reception of God.
When we are in the presence of God, even an unbeliever will be automatically on his knees and confessing with his mouth, “ Jesus is Lord.” A friend of mine told me the story of how while he and the whole family including his mother who was no believer were grieving the loss of his only son in a tragic road accident, there was the rush of the Holy Spirit into the room like a wind. Then, he was surprised to hear his mother saying, “ Lord Jesus, forgive me.” Later, she denied she had said anything like that. When a bomb brought me to my knees, covered with blood and mud, I too had one name to cry out to and I cried, “ Jesus, Jesus, save me.” In the presence of the Lord even the unrepentant sinner will repent, bow on his knees and confess the name of Jesus. If the action is not voluntary, it will happen involuntarily. Scripture says that at the name of Jesus, persons in heaven, persons on earth and persons under the earth will bow on their knees and confess with their mouths.
Prateep V Philip