Imagine waking up for the first time. You have just
started your life, but you don't know why you are alive. You look around and
see you have yellow arms and legs. Then you look next to you and see someone
else. That person also has yellow arms and legs.
You start to speak to the other person but when you speak it is a strange language. Both of you look around and see more and more people like yourselves.
Then you see a large creature. The creature has large teeth, sharp claws, and hard scales. The creature sees another creature just like it and begins to fight it. The first creature beats the other creature and suddenly you realize what your purpose is: to follow and help the best master. Your first master is this creature.
Thus, this is your life jumping from one master to another. You keep searching for the best master but you cannot find the perfect boss.
If you haven't guessed by now this is based on the movie Minions. The Minions keep jumping from master to master because their old master dies, but the Minions only ever have 1 master at a time.
Matthew 6:24 says "No one 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. You cannot serve God and money." The Minions got this part right. They knew that they could only serve one master faithfully, even if they did end up hurting their master. Do we have that kind of faith, or do we try to serve more than one master, or idol?
The part that the Minions got wrong was the masters that they served. They served temporary masters. Am I saying it is wrong for us to obey those in charge of us? No, but the Minions chose who they followed and they followed evil masters.
We decide who we want to follow. If we don't choose to follow Jesus then we are following the devil. There is no in between master. There is only one master who is perfect, who cares about you, and loves you enough to die for you. That master is Jesus Christ. He is the greatest boss we could ever have, yet he gives us freewill. We can choose to follow him or not.
So, do you try to serve 2 masters? Are you serving the wrong master? Will you choose to follow Christ even though it may get difficult?
You start to speak to the other person but when you speak it is a strange language. Both of you look around and see more and more people like yourselves.
Then you see a large creature. The creature has large teeth, sharp claws, and hard scales. The creature sees another creature just like it and begins to fight it. The first creature beats the other creature and suddenly you realize what your purpose is: to follow and help the best master. Your first master is this creature.
Thus, this is your life jumping from one master to another. You keep searching for the best master but you cannot find the perfect boss.
If you haven't guessed by now this is based on the movie Minions. The Minions keep jumping from master to master because their old master dies, but the Minions only ever have 1 master at a time.
Matthew 6:24 says "No one 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. You cannot serve God and money." The Minions got this part right. They knew that they could only serve one master faithfully, even if they did end up hurting their master. Do we have that kind of faith, or do we try to serve more than one master, or idol?
The part that the Minions got wrong was the masters that they served. They served temporary masters. Am I saying it is wrong for us to obey those in charge of us? No, but the Minions chose who they followed and they followed evil masters.
We decide who we want to follow. If we don't choose to follow Jesus then we are following the devil. There is no in between master. There is only one master who is perfect, who cares about you, and loves you enough to die for you. That master is Jesus Christ. He is the greatest boss we could ever have, yet he gives us freewill. We can choose to follow him or not.
So, do you try to serve 2 masters? Are you serving the wrong master? Will you choose to follow Christ even though it may get difficult?
Roman 10:9, 2 Corinthians 4:5, Matthew 16:24
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