REFLECTION
FROM THE DESK OF THE PASTOR
Through
the parable Jesus teaches us a lesson on what controls or rules our lives. Who
is the master in charge of our lives? Our master is that which governs our
through-life, shapes our ideas and controls the desire of the heart and the
values we chose to live by. Many different things can rule us – the love of
money or possessions, the power or position, the glamour of wealth and
prestige, the driving force of unruly passions and addictions. Ultimately the
choice boils down to two: God and “mammon”. What is mammon? Mammon stands for
material wealth or possessions of whatever tends to “control our appetites and
desires.” There is one master alone who has the power to set us free from the
slavery of sin and addiction. The master is the Lord Jesus Christ.
In
other words, we should not serve two masters but let us make God as the focus
of our lives. We have a whole set of values in our life and there is a
hierarchy in the choices we make. That is God before worldliness, spouse before
others, family before work, happiness before pleasures, integrity before wealth
and people before things. Let us be wise, trustworthy and a focused steward of
God.
