The Master

Colossians 4:1 Masters, give your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. 
 
NONE of us are masters over slaves, are we? Thankfully, our country long ago put away that hideous enterprise in which people owned and sold other human beings. So how does this verse apply to us today?
    Perhaps one way of looking at this is your attitude toward all people. For example, do you speak with “mastery” over others, using critical words? Do you see others as less capable than you at work, at home or at church? Might you have thoughts of mastery over others because you hold to certain political beliefs?
    As we are born in sin that separates us from God, we are prone to separate ourselves from other people. In an attempt to master life, we find ways to feel superior through our language and behavior. With vain hearts, we consider others as slaves to our own cause. “How dare you cut me off? Would you please hurry up! Can’t you get it right? I’ll come when I’m ready!”
    With such words we create a strident master-slave discord over others. We attempt to enslave others’ thoughts and actions to serve our own. And too often we even compromise what is good and right in our lives to gain more mastery over things and people.
    In all ways of life, we must remember Paul’s reminder that we, indeed, have a Master in Heaven. Masterfully, God has created you and given you life. He has called you to be his in a deep, abiding love relationship. God alone is Master because God alone is the source of all life.
     Want to master life? Seek the Master’s truth.
 
Life Thought: Isn’t it good God is the Master, and you don’t have to be?