17 September 2010
Matthew 6:24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
It is interesting to do some soul searching and to ask one self, who is my master? It is then that we observe those things to which we are servants, and how we allow these things to determine what we do, how we do it and when we do it. Sometimes these become compulsive and we develop behavioural response to these compulsive masters that then controls our responses. The triggers of these are often emotional and with time others learn what our triggers are and so in this way they are able to become our masters as well. If I know what makes you angry, I then expose you to that, and so you respond in anger, in the same way if I know what pleases you, I do that.
With introspection one is able to identify who are our masters and who we really want to be servants too; we then need to submit all of these to Jesus Christ. Without submitting ourselves under the authority of Jesus Christ, who is and should be our Master in all things, we will still have other masters at the same time. If we call ourselves servants of Jesus Christ, then He should be Master of all, and so we live in submission to Him alone.
Be encouraged today to have only one Master: Jesus Christ
David
Point to ponder: Jesus is our Master.
Question to consider: How many masters do you have?
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