Introduction to God as Lord

Imagine entering the office one day and hearing - you have a new boss. He'll be in later, and he'd like to get an update on your work. Be prepared, we'll see you at 2 pm.

When you hear this news, what are you feeling? I guess it depends on how things were going with your last boss! Are you happy to have a new boss? Feeling anxious? Maybe afraid?

One small change - a new boss at work - can have profound ramifications. It might affect your sleep, your health, your career.

When we think about the idea of authority - of being in submission to someone else, even at work - it can be pretty uncomfortable.

So before we got to a week that focused on how our First Love is the Lord of our lives, The Great Authority to whom we are to be obedient, I wanted to make sure we understood the character of our First Love.

In the past two weeks, we marveled at God, our Savior. We studied the lengths our Triune God has gone to in order to save us - and the benefits he has provided in our salvation.

I hope this provides a context for us to hear, not just as good news, but as delightful news, that our Triune God is the Lord.

There are so many benefits to knowing God as Lord:

To know God as Lord is to dethrone ourselves.
It is to see there is a better way to live than we can invent for ourselves.
It is to stop listening to our idols.
It is to know and demonstrate that the Creator is superior to his creation.
It is to taste holiness and experience that it is sweeter than our sin.
It is to walk in fellowship with God, who loves us and has saved us.

As Bob Dylan crooned:

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes > Indeed you're gonna have to serve somebody > Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord > But you're gonna have to serve somebody