Psalm 37:7 – 7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
Many people will sit back and see what’s going on around them. They see that people who aren’t
doing things the way they should be succeeding.
Then the voices start talking to them. Hey, do what’s best for you. Look out for number one. You have the world at your finger tips and you should be at the top. Pride. Wealth. Worldly Success they all can be yours.
There’s one problem with all that. One, the devil is the one selling that. Two, Jesus is warning constantly that it’s not about the world, but about God.
The scripture says you can’t serve two masters.
Luke 16:13 – 13 “No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.”
In the world today, the argument is you can serve two masters. Or worse one really chases money or success and still thinks he is serving God.
I don’t believe God has any desire for us to live anyway but blessed, but the question I want to pose to everyone is what or whom is your master?
The answer is: Where your heart is, that is your Lord! Something is going to be your number one and that is going to be where your concentration is. How are you geared?
We need to stay the course. We need to make Jesus number one. Our families need to be centered around Him, not things, not activities, not even each other without Him.
So when you see someone playing the worldly game and the worldly riches are coming in, and all the toys appear to be really neat, just remember that our Lord reminds us that God and our devotion to Him is
ultimately matters.
Satan wants you to believe you can have you can make your own cake and eat it too, just listen to him.
However, the only way that works is if we completely serve God and then he’ll give us the all the cake we need. Now and forevermore. He knows what are needs are as He is the One who created us.
Stay the course. Don’t chase after the world, but after Jesus and God.