God and Money

God And Money



Matthew 6:24
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.

This Scripture is under the category of hard saying of Jesus. Why? Well because in our society we do everything for money. We find jobs for money, we trade food, clothes, everything for Money especially our time. So then whom do we serve? We have to decide where our treasure is! I think the most important thing in life is time. Time you cannot get back and so we must see what do we invest our time in. Is it in recieving money? So we may have what we want in life?

Well when you give your life to Christ the biggest thing you fight against is time. Time in the word, time for the Lord, time to help people, time to do what God has called you to do. How can you serve God and Money?

Jesus said you can't. So you must choose. You need to choose to serve Him or wealth, riches and things. If we spend all day at a job that give us money in return are we then serving money or God. Of course many will desagree with me and say

"OH what shall we do be homeless and naked" well I am saying your time is not invested in the things of God because after the eight hour job is done do you go home and take care of your house thats filled with stuff , go dust the stuff, go wipe the stuff, mow the stuff, wash down the stuff and then after cleaning up all your stuff you go shop for more stuff and even get more cleaning stuff to keep all the stuff clean. Where does it end. It can't because when you serve money it requires

your time. So I am saying you must if you want to truly give Christ your life give it all up. Jesus told many give it to the poor and come follow me. He knew that stuff will command you to do it's will. Me personally I dont like to clean or cook so I keep it limited because I want my time to be into the Lord so when Jesus said let it all go I was too happy to let it all go. This is all I am saying all this stuff is perishing it is dying in 10 years or less it is either in your basement, thrift store or garbage so what should be important then? Jesus said with food and clothes be content. So learn to be content with a little bit.That is hard for some but learn Gods definition of being blessed. Stuff means nothing to Him because He did not die for stuff but He died for people. So the most important thing to the Lord is people. Second we need to draw people to the Lord and that is your unique gift and calling you have. If your not doing anything to draw man to God then what are you doing? Nothing. Because Jesus said if you build a house without Him you labor in vain. So your labor has to be about bringing people to Christ. Third it is hard to let this world go, but you can take steps daily to do this. Start with what you do after work. Don't plop in front of the TV. Get your bible and read it and listen to it. When you meditate on the word you will change and you will have a clear view of what Jesus wants for your life.One scripture He reveals that is most beautiful is Luke 20:21And they asked him,saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: 22Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no? 23But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? 24Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's. 25And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things whichbe God's. Jesus makes us look at the coin and see the image and He says see this image of Caesar give him what has his image on it back to him but who has God's image on him man of course so give back to God what is His. That is what Jesus wants He wants us to give our lives back to Him.Now the good part is invest in something that is eternal, everlasting. Use your time to do what is RIGHT. God said Seek ye First His Kingdom and His RIGHTEOUSNESS. Ya you can work and give to the poor here and there. Hey how about you go directly to the poor and help someone get off the street>>>wow what aconcept? We dont want to take time out to do this because we are to busy serving the master mammon.I know when I left all it not only helped me but for the first time in my life I am not spending my day cleaning, cooking doing laundry, just taking care of stuff that means nothing to the Kingdom of God.

I do things now that matter, witness, preach the gospel this is the true work...

No I don't have stuff not a lot but never been more happier serving My God who truly is living and breathing and my reward is HIM and He is My Treasure. I think that is worth my time.

Roofbreaker