Ruling & Reigning

Who is ruling and reigning in your life? Is it the Lord God almighty through your faith in Jesus Christ as Lord? Or is it you?

For years, I called Jesus Christ Lord even as I ruled and reigned in what I thought of as MY OWN LIFE BELONGING TO ME. But we who believe in Jesus Christ as Lord BELONG TO JESUS. The Lord is to rule and reign not us!

The Lord long ago used a friend to point out to me that the word “kingdom” in the verse below comes from a Greek word also per Strong’s concordance defined ...