Day 29 - Luke 16: 13-15 - SH
“No
one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the
other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You
cannot serve both God and money.”
The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. He said to them,“You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight."
When
I was in my late 20s, I went to visit a man from our church who was
close to death. At one point he whispered, "thanks for coming to say
good-bye, even though doing this makes you terribly nervous." He saw
through me, and his honesty made me smile.
There's
no sense in beating around the bush on the way to death. Jesus lays it
out here in stark black and white: "folks, you've got to choose. You
can't put God in your back pocket as an insurance policy while pursuing
other things like money."
"Lord
Jesus, as I follow you to the cross, search my heart and grant me
courage and grace to put to death the things that hinder my following
you."
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