5. Keep in mind that we can’t serve two masters
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When Jesus gave his Sermon on the Mount, one of many matters he talked about was cash and our relationship with it. After saying, “Nobody can serve two masters, for both he’ll hate the one and love the opposite, or he might be dedicated to the one and despise the opposite,” he made it clear that “you can not serve God and cash” (Matthew 6:24).
Some folks within the crowd most likely thought he was speaking nonsense. Who serves the cash? Isn't cash good for us? It depends upon what you consider it. As I stated, if we contemplate all cash and possessions as belonging to God, we are going to handle what we’ve got to to stay on a finances, not overdo it, and provides what we will. But when we imagine our cash is ours, it’ll flip in opposition to us, as Wax talked about. We are going to suppose we deserve extra and have to get extra with a purpose to stay the life we ​​need and never essentially observe God's will for our lives.
Maybe the entire Christian administration of cash may be summed up in what the author informed the Hebrews in Hebrews 13:5: “Hold your life free from the love of cash and be content material with what you’ve, for he stated, 'I’ll by no means go away you nor forsake you.' God is aware of what we want, and the Holy Spirit can present us in each scenario the way to deal with “each good and ideal reward” that God has given us from above.
One man who knew he would by no means serve two masters was George Muller, who all the time involves thoughts when he trusts God to offer. In 1900, George opened a number of orphanages in England, although he had no cash. He had such deep religion in God's willingness to fulfill the wants of those youngsters that he prayed diligently and other people gave him cash to look after lots of of orphans. They by no means went hungry and George was by no means in debt. He’s an instance for all believers of the facility of prayer and selfless belief in our God, who delights in giving good items to his youngsters.
Verses for Additional Research: 1 Timothy 6:10, Ecclesiastes 5:10, 1 Timothy 6:17-19, Luke 12:15, Proverbs 11:4, Matthew 6:25.
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