Two masters?

"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. – Matthew 6.24

When I read this verse I think about Elijah on Mt Carmel. The people of Israel were going back and forth between trying to serve God while still holding on to their devotion to Baal. Baal had 450 prophets among the people. Elijah challenged the people to stop wavering back and forth. ‘If the Lord is God follow Him, if Baal is god then follow him.’

Here Jesus once again reminds us that we really can’t serve two masters. We can’t serve both God and the riches of this world. We prove who our master is by which one we follow and submit to.

We can spend our lives jumping back and forth between the Lord and Baal or God and mammon.

Who is really our boss? As we go through today may we each be reminded to think about who we are serving in the things we do and the choices we make.

We can’t have it both ways. Who are we really following and serving?