Thursday, 19 September 2013

Making a Choice!

Matthew 6:24 KJV:
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.

Life itself is a mixed flavour of choices, oppourtunities and consequences. We are daily faced with choices and decisions to be made, with the attendant effects and results of these choicez being evident around us today. We consider some things as small and insignificant, forgetting that nothing is inconsequential on this side of eternity. Everything counts, as an account must be made of every step, decision and action undertaken by us.
Today's verses highlights a fundamental truth: the only power we have is the power to make a choice. Once a choice is made, the end-game of that choice begins to run our lives. That is why John 3:18 KJV says:  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. The man who has made a choice not to believe, even though he's alive, is condemned already, because that is the end-result of his own choice. As soon as he believes, the end-game has changed; eternal life becomes the reality, even while he's still alive in his physical body.
These words above state the truth as an incontrovertible fact: no man, no matter how skilled or proficient, can serve two masters. You can't love them, serve them or devote attention to them equally. One will enjoy more time and attention in some areas while the other may benefit in some other areas. God brooks no opposition and he's not in competition with anyone. He will not share glory with created things, neither will he allow divided devotion. We must make an active choice on whom to follow: the creator or created things. You can't find a middle ground because there's no middle ground; indifference itself is a choice because you are not deciding actively for God.  Think about it,count the cost and make a decision. I pray it is the right one, so that all ends well. His time of favour is here.

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