“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.” “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:24,33
How are you doing so far with these fundamentals of service to the Master?
Have you come out strong and determined, or have you faltered at the starting gate?
Are your eyes focused on the Lord, or have other distractions side tracked you?
Have you re-affirmed your commitments to the Lord, or have you allowed compromise to overtake you?
Have you established yourself in “seeking first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness” or have you let that slide in order to please self and others?
Have you let the Holy Spirit impress upon you the urgent need to “be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might…and having done all, to stand” (Ephesians 6:10,13), or have you allowed your convictions to relax unto doing what is convenient in the flesh?
Have you strengthened your vigilance to be on guard against the wiles of the Devil from creeping into your considerations, evaluations, and decisions?
Have you sanctified your thinking about the danger of allowing the leaven of compromise to set in, knowing that a little leaven eventually leavens the whole lump?
Are you resolved to fight the good fight of faith, knowing there is no way to allow negligence, without suffering consequences for having done so?
Is your heart fixed and are your affections set on things above?
Does your respect for “the recompense of the reward” (Hebrews 11:24-26) overrule other considerations in the choices you make?
Are you willing to forsake all, to be the Lord’s disciple? “If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:26-27.
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