No man 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.
Last week, we talked about perspective. Jesus said, “if your eye is healthy” – viz. if you have the right perspective, if you are seeing the world through heaven’s eyes, if you see what Jesus sees, then your body will be full of light. In other words, walking in the light is not dependent on your circumstances, it is dependent on your perspective. We’ve known people who’ve been dealt tremendous blows in life, and yet because they keep the faith, because they keep their testimony, their lives don’t look like dark lives – they look like difficult lives where light is shining very brightly!
Jesus places this statement right smack dab in the middle of two statements about money. Why? He knows that so much of our perspective deficiency is in the area of finances. We need the wisdom to see that heaven treasure lasts longer than earth treasure. We need the wisdom to see that Master Jesus is infinitely more valuable than master money, and we can’t follow both so we should follow Him. Even when the earth is shaking…we can trust Him.
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Each of Paul's epistles, with one exception, include these words, grace and peace, in the greeting. I love these words. They were the precedent for everything he wrote. Whether his stern warnings to the "foolish" Galatians, fatherly advice to Titus or Timothy, or commendations to many of the churches, the undertone was grace and peace. I hope and purpose that what is here written will be like that.
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