Monday: Loyalty
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon” (Matt. 6:24, NKJV). What does this text teach us about the supreme importance of loyalty to God?
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Knowing that God’s name means “jealous” (Exod. 34:14) should give us a clarion call for loyalty. Loyalty to a “jealous” God is loyalty in love. In the fight of faith, loyalty helps define who we are and encourages us to stay in the battle.
Our loyalty is important to God (1 Kings 8:61). It is not a contract that tries to foresee every contingency; nor is it just a list of rules. It is, rather, the visible expression of our personal beliefs, faith, and commitment.
Read 1 Chronicles 28:9. What does this text teach us about the importance of loyalty?
Where there is loyalty, however, there is the possibility of betrayal. Loyalty, like love, must be freely offered, or it’s not true loyalty. In war, sometimes frontline troops are forced to stay and fight; otherwise, their officers would have them shot. These men might do their duty, but it isn’t necessarily out of loyalty. That’s not the kind of loyalty God asks of us.
Look at Job. He did not foresee the catastrophic events that would destroy his family, possessions, and health. He could have given up trust, love, and commitment, but his loyalty to God was an unwavering choice of morality. Honest and unafraid to praise God publicly, he uttered the famous words “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him” (Job 13:15, NKJV). His fidelity in the face of disaster is the essence of loyalty, and it illustrates loyal stewards at their finest.
| Ask yourself: How loyal am I to the Lord, who died for me? In what ways could I better reveal that loyalty? |
God is the one who is always faithful! I am the part who fails! Thanks to Him that He accepts me as I am…
Thanks to Him for Jesus, who gives me shelter!
Maurice has a good point in his article ‘Stewards of the Truth’ posted on the 4th. Live it, don’t just recite it. Experience loyalty, make mistakes, analyze those mistake’s and solve them. Of course through the power of Christ, instead of half way failing in life, our score card with loyalty, faithfulness, overcoming, discretion, slow to anger, now becomes perfect through Christ. We have chosen to be loyal, faithful, full of discretion, slow to anger… Through Christ who strengthens us. I am reminded of the admonitions and promise of help with solutions found in the Bible. My favorite. Philippians 4:4-8.
In lesson #1 The influence of Materialism, Tuesday lesson bring this truth home. The allure of Materialism Matthew 6: 19 -24. We have to ask our self daily which brand are we wearing. Who are we loyalty to. We do have a choice in this matter… our spiritual eyes become so blinded to our choice that,darkness become the new norm…No one can serve to master… our choice on a daily basis
There is only two options, Life or death. There is death all around me but it don’t touch me. I feel to give up but the principles in God’s word IS the 1st step then the feeling come. If I keep my eyes on Jesus life external. I do get distracted and longs to give up but for the grace of God…
Solomon forsook God and apostasized but God did not cast him off forever, God is long suffering and merciful, when Solomon learned that the kingdom will be divided after his death Solomon learned that God still love him, then Solomon endeavored to write the book of Ecclesiastes.
Loyalty is not mandatory but rather free will, despite the outcomes that may arise. It goes together with trust meaning that even if it means in absence of the boss, the group or individual you have to remain loyal. By beholding we become changed.