I think about money constantly. Is that wrong?

Money occupies the mind quietly, and the line between using it and serving it is hard to see from inside. The test offered here is not how much you have but which voice speaks first in the morning. One of them says never enough. The other has been feeding birds all along.

The conversation

The child: “Daddy God, I think about money constantly. Is that wrong?”

God: “When you wake up, what's your first thought — Me, or what you owe?”

The child: “Honestly? The money. But bills don't pay themselves.”

God: “'No man can serve two masters.' Money isn't evil. But you can't serve it.”

God: “There's a difference between using money and serving it.”

The child: “How do I know which I'm doing?”

God: “Does the thought of losing it terrify you? Would you cut corners for it?”

God: “Look at the birds — I feed them. You're worth more than birds.”

The child: “So it's about which voice I listen to first.”

God: “Two masters means two voices. One says never enough. One says I am.”

The child: “What if I've listened to the wrong one for years?”

God: “Then today you switch. I'm not a master demanding payment. I'm a Father.”

The child: “I choose You. Not the money.”

God: “And what you need will follow.”

"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." Matthew 6:24, KJV

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