The Master

Yes, the Lord is our Master.
No, the language is not too strong.
He formed us, He molded us, He breathed into us. Our Master is our Maker.

What does our Lord not own?
Our Master owns us.
Our Master bought us.

He purchased us with blood.
He created us, and recreated us.
He redeemed us.

We are back in His hands.
We bow our hearts in His presence. We are His possession.
We owns the heart, the will, the emotions.

He is Master.
He is a good Master.
He is kind, gracious, compassionate, merciful, slow in anger, and great in patience.

We are our Master's children.
But we are also our Master's slaves.
We are not our own.

The Master brought us into His house.
We are made joint heirs.
Our Master provides His slaves with everything we need to live.

Our Master is also called Provider.
He provides everything we need.
He holds back from us anything which would harm us, but does not spare in lavishing His goodness upon us.

We are trained by the Holy Spirit to listen to the Shepherd's voice.
We were once sheep without a Shepherd.
But the Shepherd came down to search for us. And He continues to relentlessly search for us.

We are found, because He sought us out.
He moved towards us, while we moved away from Him.
And now we praise our Maker, our Master, our Provider, our glorious Shepherd!

Bow and submit. Our Lord is our Master.