IS JESUS YOU ROYAL MASTER?
The wisdom of the fathers
IS JESUS YOUR ROYAL MASTER?
“You cannot serve God and Mammon” (Matt. 6. 24).
He does not say you cannot very well serve God and mammon, but you cannot serve two masters at all. You shall be sure to end by serving one. The man who thinks he is serving God a little is deceived; he is not serving God. God will not have his service. The devil will monopolize him before he gets through. A divided heart loses both worlds.
Saul tried it. Balaam tried it. Judas tried it, and they all made a desperate failure. Mary had but one choice. Paul said: “This one thing I do.” “For me to live is Christ.” Of such a life God says: “Because he has set his love upon Me therefore will I deliver him. I will set him on high because he has known My name.” God takes a peculiar pride in showing His love to the heart that wholly chooses Him. Heaven and earth will fade away before its trust can be disappointed. Have we chosen Him only and given Him all our heart?
Say is it all for Jesus,
As you so often sing?
Is He your Royal Master?
Is He your heart's dear King?
(from "Days of Heaven upon Earth" by A.B. Simpson)