“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.”
Mathew 6:24
The first three commandment delivered through the
hand of Moses has to do with our relationship with God, while the remaining
seven deals with our relationship with our fellow men. The first of the three
is that: “Thou
shalt have no other gods before me.”(Exodus 20:3). Many people limit the other gods in context to graven
images and handmade gods, or worship of sun, moon, and stars or other
creatures. Other gods means different things to different people, whatever you
idolize becomes a god to you. Also whatever that can take the place of God in
your life are other gods, therefore whatever you give the first place to in
your life is other gods. To some it is food, while to some it may be something
else.
The anchor scripture deals with the most common of them all which is
‘Mammon’ this, in Aramaic language it literally means ‘Riches’ Mammon is the god of Gold or
riches that seeks to rival God in the life of any man, many people idolize
money so much that it is taking them away from God, they care less about the
things of God because of their search for money, they no longer attend services
and weekly meetings, their phone keep ringing and distracting people in the
church, they are ready to lie, cheat and defraud people in their quest for
money. Are you like this? Search your life and make correction where necessary,
give God the first place in your life and desist from following other gods because “Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god
...”(Psalm 16:4, 1 Timothy 6:10) keep your focus on God and serve him and
all other things shall be added unto you (Mathew 6:33).
Further
Studies: Psalm 16, Mathew 6
Prayers
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Give thanks to God for His word for you today
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Ask for the Grace to give God the right place in your life
Word Practice
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Learn to Give God the priority in everything you do
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Be fully engaged in the things of God