Discussion Jumpstarter
Study leader reference - not a definitive answer
Question 10
The speaker cites Matthew 6:24 and Joshua’s “choose this day,” then gives a test: “What takes up my thinking space? What do I spend the most time doing?”; if you ran that test honestly this week, what “master” would your calendar, mental bandwidth, and gratitude patterns point to—and what concrete change would demonstrate choosing God without keeping Him “second in command”?
Another way to ask: If you looked at your thoughts and your schedule this week, what would they show is really in charge of your life? What is one clear change that would show you are choosing God and not keeping Him in second place?
Discussion Jumpstarter
Direct Answer
The transcript teaches you can’t serve two masters, so your thinking space and time reveal who you actually serve; God “does not appreciate being second in command.” A concrete change would be a daily, intentional choice to serve and obey God—shown by regular acknowledgment of Him, gratitude, and habits that keep Him first.
- He quotes Matthew 6:24: “No man can serve two masters… He cannot serve God and mammon.”
- He recalls Joshua’s challenge: “Choose this day whom you will serve… as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
- He states the principle: “Joshua understood that God does not appreciate being second in command. We must choose our master.”
- He proposes a diagnostic: “What takes up my thinking space? What do I spend the most time doing?”
- He confesses his own warning sign: reaching the end of the day and realizing he “haven’t said one earthly word to God,” and imagines God noting he used “perfectly good oxygen… without one thank you.”
- He frames it as ongoing: “It’s a daily commitment to allow Him to change us from the inside.”