There are Two Masters

Devotional 

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

There are Two Masters

2Pet.2.19 - While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.

God created us pure and innocent souls. We develop into whatever we are today in the course of time. No child is bone perfect or evil. We are all influenced by our environment, people, and most importantly our spiritual exposures. Our nature and temperament are equipped in time by these and other factors. The book “Why You Act the Way You Do ” by Tim Lahaye was an eye opening novel for me growing up. To identify the reason I am who I am, my natural weaknesses and strengths and most importantly the spiritual forces surrounding our mentality and thoughts. 

In today's devotional, we focus on the influences of the spiritual forces or powers dominating our hearts. No human heart is empty per se. Our thought life is designed to work 24/7. Just like the biological heart never stops breathing, so the mind never stops thinking. Even when we’re asleep, our mind, soul or spirit continue to function. This explains why we dream and engage in so many activities while physically inactive. Many of the things we see in our dreams are mostly connected with what we're thinking about. A fearful heart will always have nightmares which most times make the real life's experience also like a nightmare. 

We are what we think. Whoever or whatever you allow to rule over your thoughts determines your character, temperament and experiences. Rom.6.16 - Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? There are two Masters competing for dominance in every man's heart. The force of evil and good, the force of darkness and light; whichever of them you allow to dominate your thoughts becomes your Lord and Master.

Further Readings: 2 Pet. 2:1-22; Rom 6:16-18; Psalm 10:1-18

Prayers:

Lord, I give you the ownership of my heart and thoughts, fill me with your Holy Spirit that I may exhibit the reality of Your character in all aspects of my life, I ask through Jesus Christ our Lord and Redeemer. Amen