“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.” (Matthew 6:24).
This verse is in the context of treasures being either in heaven or here on earth. Jesus commanded us to not lay up treasures here on earth. He also warned us of the problems associated with earthly treasures — corruption and theft.
Christians can live in this life without anxiety because they have God as their Father. As Father, He has everything in His control and He can make water to come out of a rock and He can rain bread from heaven or sustain us in any miraculous way He deems to use.
Trustful living of this caliber is not very obvious in the western culture of our time. We have all become accustomed to living with many things. It is no longer a matter of living with many things but we regard many things as necessities that we cannot live without. When we go to other lands with the Gospel, we carry a great deal of stuff for nothing more than creature comforts or we have the means to purchase things that nationals cannot afford. Where are those who ask the question: “what do we love and what do we hate?” What do we hold to and what do we despise? It is mammon or God? We cannot ser ...
