June 9, 2004
PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 8:27 pm
Choices
"No one can serve two masters. 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 both God and Money."
Matthew 6:24
The choices we make each day of our lives give evidence to where our faith is placed. The truth that Jesus shared with His followers concerning material things is also true in all areas of our lives and decisions we make. We can only have one master which we serve and the choices we make should reflect that relationship.
The story is told of a Russian named Ivanovich who visited the Moscow zoo for the first time. To his amazement, he found a little lamb sharing the cage with a big fierce bear.
Ivanovich expressed surprise to his guide. The guide smiled and said, "That is peaceful coexistence."
When Ivanovich shook his head in a doubtful way, the guide explained, "Of course, we have to put in a fresh lamb every morning."
As much as we should strive for peace, there are some things which simply cannot coexist peacefully -- truth and error, righteousness and ungodliness, morality and immorality.
When we try to live for the world and make choices in accordance to it's standards we are like lambs living with bears. If we try to combine two such things in our lives, they will only coexist "peacefully" only if one gobbles up the other.
Prayer: Ask the Holy Spirit to help you make choices that are pleasing to and glorify the Heavenly Father.
When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.
~William James.
"No one can serve two masters. 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 both God and Money."
Matthew 6:24
The choices we make each day of our lives give evidence to where our faith is placed. The truth that Jesus shared with His followers concerning material things is also true in all areas of our lives and decisions we make. We can only have one master which we serve and the choices we make should reflect that relationship.
The story is told of a Russian named Ivanovich who visited the Moscow zoo for the first time. To his amazement, he found a little lamb sharing the cage with a big fierce bear.
Ivanovich expressed surprise to his guide. The guide smiled and said, "That is peaceful coexistence."
When Ivanovich shook his head in a doubtful way, the guide explained, "Of course, we have to put in a fresh lamb every morning."
As much as we should strive for peace, there are some things which simply cannot coexist peacefully -- truth and error, righteousness and ungodliness, morality and immorality.
When we try to live for the world and make choices in accordance to it's standards we are like lambs living with bears. If we try to combine two such things in our lives, they will only coexist "peacefully" only if one gobbles up the other.
Prayer: Ask the Holy Spirit to help you make choices that are pleasing to and glorify the Heavenly Father.
When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.
~William James.