#533 Dwelling in ONE Master
“No man can serve two masters…” Matthew 6:24 ONE MASTER!
The literal images that were created by pagan religions were an unnecessary burden. “Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over; their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle. The things that you carry are burdensome, a load for the weary... Those who lavish gold from the purse and weigh silver on the scale hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; they bow down, indeed they worship it. They lift it upon the shoulder and carry it; they set it in its place and it stands there. It does not move from its place. Though one may cry to it, it cannot answer; I cannot deliver him from his distress.” Isaiah 46:1, 5-7
The lesson for us is that idolatry, regarding anything as more powerful or more of a priority than God, is a burden. Not only is idolatry a burden, it is a USELESS burden, with no delivering power. “And which of you by being anxious can add a single cubit to his life’s span?” Matthew 6:27
Isaiah 46:3-4 is a beautiful contrast.
“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
and all the remnant of the house of Israel, you who have been borne by Me from birth,
and have been carried from the womb;
Even to your old age, I shall be the same,
and even to your graying years I shall bear you!
I have done it, and I shall carry you; and I shall bear you, and I shall deliver you.”
God carries His people! He is able to deliver! And as Jesus expressed it, his yoke is easy and his burden is light. Matthew 11:28-30
Instead of laboring to carry anxious, laborious thinking, surrender the thoughts, replace them with the Truth of Their perspective of Love and Wisdom and let Them carry you!
“No man can serve two masters…” Matthew 6:24 ONE MASTER!
The literal images that were created by pagan religions were an unnecessary burden. “Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over; their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle. The things that you carry are burdensome, a load for the weary... Those who lavish gold from the purse and weigh silver on the scale hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; they bow down, indeed they worship it. They lift it upon the shoulder and carry it; they set it in its place and it stands there. It does not move from its place. Though one may cry to it, it cannot answer; I cannot deliver him from his distress.” Isaiah 46:1, 5-7
The lesson for us is that idolatry, regarding anything as more powerful or more of a priority than God, is a burden. Not only is idolatry a burden, it is a USELESS burden, with no delivering power. “And which of you by being anxious can add a single cubit to his life’s span?” Matthew 6:27
Isaiah 46:3-4 is a beautiful contrast.
“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
and all the remnant of the house of Israel, you who have been borne by Me from birth,
and have been carried from the womb;
Even to your old age, I shall be the same,
and even to your graying years I shall bear you!
I have done it, and I shall carry you; and I shall bear you, and I shall deliver you.”
God carries His people! He is able to deliver! And as Jesus expressed it, his yoke is easy and his burden is light. Matthew 11:28-30
Instead of laboring to carry anxious, laborious thinking, surrender the thoughts, replace them with the Truth of Their perspective of Love and Wisdom and let Them carry you!
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