What god do you serve?
“Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshipped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:14-15.
If you are a Christian which god are you following?
Our world whether we want to admit it or not is filled with gods. They may not be graven images but they are still gods. Here in the west materialism is by far the most widely worshipped god.
Here in North America and indeed the western democracies we are inundated by materialism. The media daily, hourly, minute by minute spews out its message. You must have the latest greatest gadget. If you can’t afford it charge and pay for it later.
Materialism has also infiltrated the church. Here in North America where I live the media is filled with men and women claiming to be Christians who tell people that if they have enough faith God will make them rich. If they give to their ministry God will bless them ten fold, or even a hundred fold. A message that is nothing more than false hope.
Now there’s nothing wrong with having material wealth or having the latest gadget. The problem arrises when the wealth and gadgets take first place in our lives. When wealth and the material things it can buy take the place of God.
The apostle Paul wrote,
"For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs." 1 Timothy 6:10.
Jesus said,
"No one can serve two masters. 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 both God and Money Matthew 16:24.
Thus my question to you; Which God are you serving?
Please think about it.
