No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.
– Luke 16:13
Every 50th year the Israelites observed the Year of Jubilee. Property would revert to the original owners as allotted when they came into the Promised Land. The Lord made provision for various situations, but His word was clear: “It shall be a jubilee for you when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his clan… The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me” (Leviticus 25:10, 23).
The Israelites were not to become attached to the property for which they were stewards; the land was not their final resting place.
When Peter addressed the Christians dispersed throughout Asia Minor, he said, “I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which war against your soul” (1 Peter 2:11).
There is a constant battle against tempting, worldly pleasures. Believers are called to love and serve God with all their hearts so their conduct is a testimony to the unbelieving.
Jesus explained something similar in today’s verse. When the world’s allures of wealth and material goods entice, believers are admonished to be wholly devoted to the Lord.
Pastor Warren Wiersbe advises that it is only when God is your master that money will become your servant.
You will look for opportunities to steward the resources He has given you in ways that further the spread of the gospel and help relieve distressed and suffering people.
As sojourners in this land, may its people love God above all things.
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