“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Matthew 6:24 (NKJV)
If you have ever attended a team sports event, you can quickly identify where the players’ allegiances lie; simply look at their gear. All participants will have a team logo and team colours, associating them with a specific team. Glancing around the spectator’s area, you might think you can make the same assumption, but that may not be as simple. You have fans wearing their favourite team colours, but inwardly, they may also like the opposing team. For example, you may be wearing a Toronto Maple Leaf jersey as they play the Montreal Canadians. Although your team is TML, inwardly, you have a liking for Montreal as they are pretty good and have won a few trophies. At the game, you will not cheer the Canadians, but when you’re not wearing your TML jersey, you may talk with others about Montreal’s prowess to the point your friends may not know who you favour.
Do your words and actions identify whether you serve our Lord, or do they indicate you are torn between two masters?
No saying of Jesus Christ’s was more accurate than that a man cannot serve two masters, for, at some time, there must come the necessity for a decision as to which of two opposing courses of action shall be taken. Everyone has a choice to make, and to everyone, the call of duty comes, as it did to Israel when Joshua summoned the tribes: “Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt and serve the Lord. But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:14-15
There are no half-measures when it comes to following Christ. You are either all in or not.
Choose this day.