“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” (Matthew 6:24). Please read the whole passage (Matthew 6:19-33)
We can’t look in two directions and we can’t serve two gods. Decisions take place at the crossroads. We must choose who we will serve. Look up at the birds and over at the fields; they’re fed and clothed. God provides. Why serve a “lesser god”? Choose God and His ways and you get the rest. Choose the rest and you lose it all.
God wants our hearts to be unencumbered by the things of this life. He made us for Him alone. He claims the throne of our hearts exclusively. Double vision crowds our hearts. There are too many voices pulling us in too many directions; we’re overly occupied. Double vision clears up and our hearts are unburdened when we clear the room-the chamber of our hearts.
Ask the Lord for clear vision, the grace to see Him without being obscured by temporal distractions. Make your choice clear before Him in prayer. Assure Him that you are surrendered to Him and His care. Show Him your gratitude.
Consider: Psalm 37:5; 55:22; Philippians 4:6-7; I Peter 5:6-7
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The blog looks great. I'm sure it will serve us well, especially during the fast. I look forward to communicating with all of you.
I love verses 22 and 23 of chapter 6 in Matthew...
"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!"
What does the bad eye refer to in Matthew 20:15? It refers to an eye that cannot see the beauty of grace. It cannot see the brightness of generosity. It cannot see unexpected blessing to others as a precious treasure. It is an eye that is blind to what is truly beautiful and bright and precious and God-like. It is a worldly eye. It sees money and material reward as more to be desired than a beautiful display of free, gracious, God-like generosity.
-John Piper-
At prayer on Sunday, the emphasis was on pursuing God with all of our hearts. It was fitting seeing that the message by Pastor Terry focused, in great part, on God turning our hearts back to himself from I Kings 18:37.
This morning God led us to rattle the gates of hell. He assured us in His word that they would not prevailed against the church. We set ourselves to tear down strongholds, not with carnal weapons, but with the spiritual weapons He has given us (II Corinthians 10:3-5; Ephesians 6:10-18).
The Lord led us to lay hold of the our promise land, possessing it by faith.
Double vision happens when we take our eyes off of Jesus. Like the old hymn says,"We need to keep our eyes upon Jesus and the things of the world will grow strangely dim in the light of His Glory and Grace."
During my personal study, I was also lead to past notes I had written about taking hold of the promised land.
During a recent bible study, we were encouraged to cross over the river of fear ("which stems from unbelief") to get to the promised land.
"Until you put your feet on your promised land, the enemy has got his feet on it. We have to take it and stand on it." -Beth Moore
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