“You cannot be the slave of two masters!
You will like one more than the other or be more loyal to one than the other.
You cannot serve both God and money.” Matthew 6:24 CEV
In Exodus we read about the children of Israel being led to
freedom by the man God Himself called to lead them. The Jews had been praying and crying out to
God to deliver them from their bondage. God heard the cry of His people and
sent Moses to deliver them from slavery and lead them to the Promised Land.
On the way the Jews felt that they were in an impossible
situation and wanted to return to Egypt. They wanted to return to the shackles
of bondage; slaves without hope. Instead
of trusting God to deliver them to the Promised Land they wanted to turn around
and go back to where they came from.
They came to that
fork in the road and they took the road less traveled. But as they went down that road, they doubted
the choice that they made. They wanted to be slaves of Egypt instead of servants
of God.
Slaves and servants
are two different things. A slave has no
rights; they are property. They cannot
make any decisions for themselves, and they are subject to the whims of their
master.
A servant chooses whom he will serve. It is the desire of the servant to please his
master and his master in return loves him for it. The servant is free and he is
elevated above the value of a piece of property. He is worth something to the master.
You see, the Jews here learned that they could not serve two
masters. They learned that they could
not be a slave and a servant. They continued on the road less traveled that
they might serve a loving God who would reward them for their faithfulness.
We too have come to that same road. It is a choice that we must make. Do we choose to continue in a life of sin,
glorifying our mammon?
It is written that “All have sinned and fall short of the
Glory of God.” All of us have sinned.
When we sin we are in bondage and we are slaves to the evils
of this world. Peter says in 2 Peter
2:19: “……..they themselves are slaves of sin and
corruption. For you are a slave to
whatever controls you.” (NLT)
It is much better is it to be free and a servant of God than
to be a slave of our mammon………..a slave to sin.
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