Matthew 6:22-34 Part 2

Read Matthew 6:22-34
Today as we continue to look at this passage. I want us to look at verse 24. Many people of that day were very religious. Another words they believed in God did what was necessary to be a good Jew like attend synagogue, do Passover and keep the law. However many of them were playing good Jew on Sabbath, but living like the world the rest of the time. So Jesus addresses this issue by comforting the practice of trying to serve both God and man. Understand a master is someone who is in control of another. Jesus says you can only serve one master, no one can serve two. He even goes on to say that you cannot serve God and man. Today we face similar challenges. So many are trying to be a good Christian on Sunday but live like they want the rest of the week. Jesus is saying this cannot be done. Question, who are you trying to serve? Serving man will only leave you empty. Serving God will always fill you up. Maybe as you think about this you need to just list out everything that takes up your time. Look at the list and ask which of these things are for God and which are for myself. Then ask which should I continue to do and which need to stop. Serving God is the greatest thing we can do with our lives because serving God is eternal.
Father thank you that you allow us to serve you. May we look at our lives and evaluate who we are serving. Cause us to see our need to serve you far above all other possibilities.