“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."
I've read it before; in that sense it wasn't anything new. Yet I was suddenly struck by the demand of the language. Is it really that cut and dry? Is it absolutely impossible to serve God and money at the same time? When any love of money shows up, does that mean I am despising God? Is it truly necessary to hate money if I desire to love God? Have I lost you already with such fanatical language?
The words of my father ring in my ear: "Follow the passion! Your passion will always lead to your God." I've possibly overstated it before by saying that the Jews value Torah, the Catholics value holy ground, and the Protestants value light and sound systems. Its laughable but too close to the truth for comfort. Do these passions lead to our God?
Such words aren't so far from Matthew 6:19 where Jesus states, "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
I didn't think I came too close to making money a god, but I'm afraid I haven't been despising it.
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