BETWEEN TWO
"LOVES"
5/2/2010
BY REV. DR. LARRY
DELANO COLEMAN
"No one can
serve two masters, for 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 God and money." Matthew
7:24 (ESV)
Make money your
servant, or it will make you its servant.
Resolution of this
conundrum came by way of inspiration of the holy spirit. Initially, indeed, for years, the above
quoted scripture from Matthew stumped me, subdued me, stultified me.
We make money our
servant by putting God, first, in our value system, and realizing that money is
merely one means, among many, to achieve an end, albeit it a convenient one.
Hereby, one serves
only one "master," God, the creator of all things, including
"money." Hereby, one avoids the fallacy, and attains a new level of
mastery. Hereby, there is only one
"love," God.
As "The Lord is
my shepherd," Psalm 23:1, so, "Money is my servant." And, I
shall not, and do not,want. Amen.
