"No servant 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." Luke 16:13
Ugh.
Sometimes the truth hits like a ton of bricks. And sometimes the truth still doesn't change you as much as you'd like.
I know that this is a true declaration, it is from the lips of Jesus, but had it been from the lips of a vagrant (and possibly it is that too) it would have been equally true. You can only serve one master and be at peace, and yet... And yet...I cannot tell you the amount of times I have attempted to serve two, attempted, yes, and failed.
Inevitably I love one and hate the other, the only bright side is that I do think I hate the correct one. Even that only provides a glimmer of goodness. After a time, I rid myself of the second master, the lesser one, the one I shouldn't have served in the first place, but again, inevitably I take up with him again. One more I attempt to live life with two masters and once again I end up hating one and praying to the other and once again I get rid of the second, lesser, master, until once again...
It is a vicious cycle. Have you ever been there?
+ What other masters do you serve?
+ How does it go for you?
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