Matthew 6:24: No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
A farmer who went happily and with great joy in his heart to report to his wife and family that their best cow had given birth to twin calves, one red and one white. And he said, “You know, I have suddenly had a feeling and impulse that we must dedicate one of these calves to the Lord. We will bring them up together, and when the time comes we will sell one and keep the proceeds, and we will sell the other and give the proceeds to the Lord’s work.” His wife asked him which he was going to dedicate to the Lord. “There is no need to bother about that now,” he replied. In a few months the man entered his kitchen looking very miserable and unhappy. When his wife asked him what was troubling him, he answered, “I have bad news to give you. The Lord’s calf is dead.” “But,” she said, “you had not decided which was to be the Lord’s calf.” “Oh yes,” he said; “I had always decided it was to be the white one, and it is the white one that has died. The Lord’s calf is dead.” It is always the Lord’s calf that dies. When money becomes difficult, the first thing we economize on is our contribution to God’s work. 1
Your Word is Truth
When you exam your life over the last year, are you serving yourself, or your Master?
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” –Mark 10:45
You Alone are God
It is better for the Lord to be your Master, than to be mastered by money. – TWEET IT
Your Will be Done
Lord, please forgive me for thinking that things can satisfy me. You alone Master me.
1. Hughes, R. K. (2001). The sermon on the mount: the message of the kingdom. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.
