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\u201cWhy do you call me, \u2018Lord, Lord,\u2019 and do not do what I say?7\xa0As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.\u201d (Luke 6:46-49)

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Jesus is Lord was one of the earliest creeds of the Christian faith.\xa0 If Jesus is Lord, Caesar is not.\xa0 Money is not.\xa0 The approval of our parents, spouse, friends, or society is not.\xa0 If Jesus is Lord: he is Lord.\xa0 He commands our respect, our obedience, and our submission to his will because if Jesus is Lord, he is King.

The parable of the two house builders invites the question: on what foundation have you built your hopes, home, and security in this world?\xa0 On Jesus and his Lordship?\xa0 Or somewhere else?\xa0

As for Jesus\u2019 Lordship: you\u2019ve heard his commands over this past week of devotions from his sermon on the plain: \u201cspend yourselves on behalf of the poor, love your enemies, do not judge or condemn, forgive and give, take the plank out of your own eye first, love the Lord your God with your whole heart, soul, mind, and strength.\u201d

So: today\u2019s devotion is pretty simple.\xa0 You likely call Jesus Lord when you pray to him or talk about him: \u201cLord, Lord.\u201d\xa0 Do you also treat him as your Lord: bending the knee, building your life in him alone, loving him alone, and doing what he says?

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