Dec
28
2009
The Lordship of Christ over the whole of life
Francis Schaeffer taught me this phrase: “the Lordship of Christ over the whole of life.” I love it.
I also love to hunt. But maybe the word also shouldn’t be there. So I’ll just say, I love the Lordship of Christ over the whole of life, I love to hunt. The former wraps around the latter. Really, there is no also anywhere in a Christian’s life. The Lordship of Christ is an all-encompassing, all-sanctifying whole.
Some of my friends object to hunting. Christ is the Lord of their conscience, he is the Lord of my conscience, so we disagree charitably and give each other space.
As the 2009 deer season winds down, I thank the Lord Jesus Christ. Why? Hunting is so opposite to everything else I do — tramping through the woods in camo with my 30-06, being quiet in a deer stand for hours on end while reading, praying, worshiping, planning, sermonizing, snoozing, with the occasional moment of off-the-charts excitement when a buck like this one shows up, and so forth — for me, it’s rejuvenating.
I receive it, with all else, from the hand of my Friend, Jesus Christ the Lord of all, and I give my heart to him eagerly and sincerely.