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Who Are We Serving?

“No slave can serve two masters, for a slave will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth." - Luke 16:13

It’s easy to get ourselves twisted when it comes to dealing with money. We all need money and material possessions to survive in this world. Many of the things we want to experience and enjoy come with a price tag.

It’s easy for us to look at people who have more than we do and criticize them for either the way that got the money, or their lack of generosity with the money they have. These criticisms are not always wrong. However, the criticism is always wrong if it doesn’t start with ourselves.

Have we done or are we doing anything that violates the principle of loving our neighbor to get the money. Have we done anything exploitative, unfair, unjust, or deceptive (even if it was legal)? Have we been generous with others, either directly or through charity?

Has the pursuit of money become an end for us or does it remain a means to help us do good in the world? We always have to be honest about who we are serving.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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When We Don’t Feel Supported

A few days ago I made a post called, “It Was Worth It” where I talked about giving up my previous life to answer my calling. A fellow TikToker asked about what happens when your family doesn’t support you.

I’ve been blessed to have pretty good support from my family even when they thought I was making a mistake. But Jesus went through this. His family thought he had lost his mind and literally came to get him.

“When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” - Mark 3:21

Jesus didn’t go with them. First he had a very clear sense of who he was and what he was about. Second, Jesus intentionally surrounded himself with a community of people who believed in him and supported him.

Jesus’s family didn’t believe in him, or at least they stopped believing in him. The folks in his hometown dismissed and disregarded him. But Jesus had already studied with John the Baptist. He had already spent time by himself in the wilderness. He developed a strong sense of identity and mission.

When family doesn’t believe in you, don’t seek out just any advice. Seek the advice of people who you respect, people who have gone through what you have gone through, and have overcome. Look to their example.

Learn from them, but don’t try to copy them. Jesus went on to spend some time praying in the wilderness. His ministry had some things in common with John the Baptist, but it was also very different. John’s harshest critics would not have dreamed of calling him a drunk and a glutton as Jesus’s critics called him. Jesus was his own person.

Finally, Jesus started to surround himself with like minded people, who respected him and shared his mission. They left their homes behind and put themselves in environments where they could become who they were meant to be.

When we don’t feel supported:

1. Seek out good advice
2. Take the time to understand who we are as we apply advice to our lives.
3. Surround ourselves with people who support us and share our vision.
4. Move ourselves into environments where we can thrive.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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What Does It Mean To Believe?

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.” - John 3:16

What does it mean to believe in Jesus?

It means that we trust all our footsteps to the trail he blazed. We learn to think and speak, act and react, hope and desire as he did.

We trust that the power of love is greater than the power of hate, and that good will eventually prevail over evil.

We will not bow down to the false idols of money, power, and social status. Nor will we be given to distraction.

Instead of only looking after our own, we seek to be a good neighbor to everyone we meet. We practice kindness, compassion, hospitality, and generosity.

We live joyful lives filled with gratitude for all the good, all the beauty, and all the love that we have experienced. We see the reflection of God on everyone we meet.

We forgive preemptively, serve willingly, and live sacrificially. We forsake revenge, retaliation, and retribution.

We free the oppressed, feed the hungry, and care for the sick. We encourage the discouraged, comfort the afflicted, and welcome the stranger.

Our full commitment and allegiance is to live this way. And even if living this way leads us to dying on a cross, there is still no other way we would ever choose to live.

This is what it means to believe in Jesus.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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