Our current American culture is not oriented to serve others. We want to be served. Even those in service-oriented work can seem to have an attitude that says, “I’m doing you a favor.”
It wasn’t always like that in our culture. I remember when self-service gas stations didn’t exist. Now it’s hard to find full-service stations. Why? Mostly because we want to save money. And what do we do with all the money we save? We buy more things!
Scripture (Matt 6:24) is pretty straightforward. By default, we will serve either God or mammon (money or possessions). Sadly, we seem predisposed to serve mammon rather than God. Read more...
This post was originally posted on Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale's Daily Devo blog as— One Master Too Many