I Pledge Allegiance

Matthew 6:24

No man can serve two masters: for either he will 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.

Thought For Today:

When you became a Christian, did you pledge your loyalty to Jesus? When the children of Israel came out of Egypt, many of them never pledged their loyalty to God. They wanted to return to Pharaoh and be under his leadership each time there was a challenge or hardship. Notice scripture: "And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt" (Numbers 14:1-4).

They never pledged their loyalty to the true and living God. They wanted to go back. If you never declare your pledge of loyalty to Jesus, you will want to return to the world each time you have a challenge or issue that you can't seem to find an answer for or know what to do. Challenges build your faith while also helping you learn problem-solving techniques. When God called us out of darkness, we needed to come to Him with all of our loyalty, dedication, commitment, and zeal, no matter what uncertainty lies before us. Our God is great and when He brings us out of the sinful world and into the Kingdom of God we should have no question as to who we will serve. "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage " Paul said (Galatians 5:1). If Jesus is your Master, then you need to renounce everything that belongs to Satan.