GOD OUR MASTER
Jesus’ parable also confronts us with a higher reality: Ultimately, God is our Master.
In the words of the psalmist, “As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God” (Psalm 123:2).
With bonds of love and cords of affection, we turn our eyes toward God and obey Him in trust.
Jesus loves to depict God as Master in His parables, reminding us we are each to be a with the resources entrusted to us (Matt. 25:21 NIV). We’re to “be on the alert,” ordering our life to prepare for the Master’s return, as God arrives to establish His kingdom in the world
(Mark 13:35). And we are to harbor no competitors with God’s ultimate lordship over our life, for “no one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth” (Matt. 6:24).
God calls us to ultimate devotion, with no rivals in our heart.
“As any addict can attest, the vices we give ourselves to can end up running and ruining our lives.”
