Galatians 1
We Can’t Serve Two Masters!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Tuesday, November 10.
Paul emphasizes from the very beginning of his letter to the Christians in the region of Galatia that the gospel he received and proclaimed is not from man. It is from Jesus Christ; his ministry as an apostle to the gentiles (non-Jewish people) is a grace bestowed upon him by God. Neither his faith nor his ministry is of himself; it is all from God. Therefore, he lives and does everything for God. Paul was very clear who he was a servant of; and it was not the church or any man, including himself and his good intentions.
His ministry would not been as effective or impactful for going-on 2,000 years if it was man he was serving. When we serve God, God can use us in ways that are beyond our imaginations.
Listen to Paul from Galatians 1:10, “For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.”
Paul breaks people pleasing down to a simple choice: if you serve man you are not serving Christ! This is one of those either-or moments that confronts us. To refuse to acknowledge the choice put before you this day and to stubbornly believe that we can serve both God and man is to ensure we are stuck in people-pleasing patterns of living. But to humble ourselves and acknowledge the Holy Spirit’s confrontation of our motives and intentions is to set our face and feet to seeking first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, trusting that all these other things will be added unto us (Jesus’ words from Matthew 6:33).
So, today, I ask: Who do you serve?
Seize the moment and seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness.
Have a wonderful day!
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