CAN WE HONESTLY SAY THAT GOD, AND NOT MONEY, IS OUR MASTER? ONE TEST IS TO ASK WHICH ONE OCCUPIES MORE OF OUR THOUGHTS, TIME AND EFFORTS. WE LIVE IN A MATERIALISTIC WORLD WHERE MANY PEOPLE (CHRISTIANS) ARE SERVING MONEY. THEIR DESIRE FOR MONEY AND WHAT IT CAN BUY FAR OUTWEIGHS THEIR COMMITMENT TO GOD AND SPIRITUAL MATTERS. MANY CHRISTIANS EAGER FOR MONEY, HAVE WANDERED FROM THE FAITH AND PIERCED THEMSELVES WITH MANY GRIEFS. JESUS SAYS WE ARE TO HAVE ONLY ONE MASTER WHICH IS GOD - Matt 6:24. MONEY IS GOOD AND IT ANSWERED ALL THINGS BUT THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL KINDS OF evil - 1 Timothy 6:10. JESUS CONTRASTED HEAVENLY VALUES WITH EARTHLY VALUES WHEN HE EXPLAINED THAT OUR FIRST LOYALTY SHOULD BE TO THOSE THINGS (SPIRITUAL THINGS) THAT DO NOT FADE, CANNOT BE STOLEN OR USED UP, AND NEVER WEAR OUT - Matt 6:19,20. WE SHOULD NOT BE FASCINATED WITH OUR POSSESSIONS, LEST THEY POSSESS US. THIS MEANS WE SHOULD NOT VALUE MATERIAL THINGS MORE THAN THE THINGS OF GOD. WHATEVER WE VALUE MORE THAN GOD WILL DEFINITELY BECOME OUR MASTER. WE ARE TO HONOR GOD AND CENTER OUR DESIRES ON HIM. ALLOWING HIM TO FILL OUR THOUGHTS WITH HIS DESIRES AND TO TAKE HIS CHARACTER FOR OUR PATTERNS. TO SERVE AND TO OBEY HIM IN ALL THINGS. MONEY IS GOOD BUT DONT VALUE IT MORE THAN GOD AND DONT LET IT CONTROLS YOU, AMEN. SHALOM AND HEAVEN AT LAST, AMEN
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 18:07:00 +0000
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