"I will therefore put you in rememberance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved t he people out  of  the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not."

(Jude 1:5)

SERVING GOD,OR MAMMON?

I sat upon a lakes shore

Poles out

Waiting

For a catfish to bite

Leaning back

Relaxing against a tree stump

I reach for a cup of coffee

Out of an old beat up thermos

And as the moon lit starry ripples

Lapped gently against the shore

I filled my cup.

I then started thinking

(Which in my case praise God, is a dangerous thing to do)

About all the things that are going on in this world of ours,

And one of mans most famous questions came to mind,

God when is all this chaos going to stop?

We say this in every known language in this world,

In so many ways

In so many forms

Whether we are Christians or not

God

When is all this chaos going to stop?

Then

It came to me,

When we stop serving both God and Mammon

Think on this

We are a world of many diverse nations,

And within each of those nations,

Many diverse laws

Diverse religions

Diverse denominations

Yet

We all have one thing in common,

We are all asking the same question

A question God gave us an answer to already

It's just that because ofOURdiversity, we as mankind

Can't see it

The answer to it lies right before our eyes,

Yet,

We miss it.

WHY?

Because we do not want to believe the answer given to us

By God

If we did

We wouldn't be on this continuous search for an answer From Mammon

Second

Separation of church and state …

Ever think about that one?

If this is the case, why are our laws, the very beginning of our laws from most countries founded upon the Word of God?

Our own Constitution for example, is based and founded on the Word of God.

Yet, we have taken God out of everything.

We have taken Him out of our schools, courts, and out of most public places, (unless now of course, there can be a dollar made.)

WHY?

Because we allowed it to happen!

WHY?

Because we stopped believing God!

Many folks will disagree with me when I make this statement

But there is a reason I say it

For I have found that just about as many folks will agree

" If you don't believe God,

How can you then say in the same breath

That you believe in him?"

For in order to believe in anything folks,

You must first and foremost

BELIEVE!!!

Many of our churches, (no matter of what denomination) state that they are based upon the Word of God. Yet, they are at war with one another.

WHY

Because of not believing God!

US

WE
MANKIND

Took our eyes off of God

Where there is

No diverse religions

No diverse laws

No diverse nations

And placed our eyes upon ourselves

Becoming ensnarled within the services of Mammon.

This in turn

Has created divisions

Diversity, Chaos

You know, what you hear, see, and feel in this world every day.

God is not pleased with this!

God seen this very same thing back in the days of Noah

" And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His Heart.\

And The Lord said, I will destroy man whoI have created from the face of the earth: both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; For it repenteth me that I have made them."

(Gen.6:5-7)

Folks it really comes down to this one conclusion, the Bible says

Everything God created

Was good.

God created us above the angles. He gave us a special gift that He didn't give to his other creations, and that is the gift of Choice.

Now look around you at whereOURchoices, has led us to.

Choices, not of God, but made (based) upon the arrogance, pride, bigotry, and hatred of man. Creating a world of, diverse nations, diverse laws, and diverse religions.

God we cry

When is all this chaos going to stop?

Gods answer

WHEN WE DO!

When man, (Mankind) comes back to our senses and start

BELIEVING HIM!

NOT JUST BELIEVING IN HIM!

What's your choice?

Believing our Creator (God)

OR

Believing the diversity of man?

Before you finish hearing or reading these words, you would have already chosen in whose service you want to be in.

In closing

I leave you with these words from God

"No man can serve two masters;

"For he will either hate the one, and love the other, or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon."(Mat.6:24, 1 Tim.6:17 James 4:4)

How about you?

It's one or the other

It can't be both.

Jesus said "He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad."

(Matt. 12:30)