Matthew 6:24-25 "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. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?"
Matthew 6:31-34 "Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."
We often read verse twenty-four as being separate from the thoughts in the remaining verses. When we consider serving “two masters,” it is usually likened unto chasing after the things of the world (our fleshly lusts) versus pursuing the things of God. The word translated a “mammon” means wealth or riches. However, Jesus tied this thought directly to what most of us would consider the necessities (not the excesses) of life.
The main thrust behind these verses is that we should trust God to provide for us the means to sustain our lives and our families. This is not saying that these things are not important, but it points us to the fact that God and His kingdom should be the most important thing in our lives. Failing to trust that our Heavenly Father can (and will) provide for our necessities likens us unto those who do not know the covenant of God’s promises (Gentiles).
Dear ones, we need to ask ourselves if we genuinely believe that God is going to provide for us. I am not advocating that we sit on our hands and simply wait for things to fall into our laps. I am advocating that seeking God and His kingdom first is the way to peace so that our physical needs do not blind us to God’s promise. He knows all the things we have need of in this life. Let us go and serve Him in full confidence that Christ is truly the Way and not waste today worrying about tomorrow.