The name bestowed upon Jesus is Lord, acknowledged in what may be the earliest form of the confession of faith among gentile Christians: Jesus is Lord (Rom. 10:9; Acts 2:36).

Submission to the lordship of Christ, however, is not confined to the human realm; Christ is Lord over every power in the created order… There is no place in the universe, no created being, beyond the reach of the redeeming act of the servant Christ.

God’s act is the vindication of what the hymn has declared: The central event in the drama of salvation is an act of humble service.