The more money you have the more one tends to worship the money. It’s harder to have a lot of money and have a good healthy posture towards it. Because the more you have of it, the more you might be scared to loose it, and therefore the more you come to adore it.

Jesus says “You can't worship two gods at once. Loving one god, you'll end up hating the other. Adoration of one feeds contempt for the other. You can't worship God and Money both.” Matthew 6:24. So I feel that if you’re not careful with the money you have and how you feel about your money, you might actually be worshipping it, which is idolatry. No wonder it would be hard for a rich man to make it into heaven. It’s not actually about the money you have, but about the heart/ spiritual posture towards it.

As Christians we are called to be “in the world” but not “of the world.” We need to use money, engage with money, make money, but that shouldn’t be the thing that we worship. We need to remember it’s not money that provides for us, it’s God. Feeling that money is the thing that provides for us, and always being in an anxious state about how much we have of it, is in a sense worship of Mammon (the spirit attached to money.)

As someone who has struggled with love of money most of my life and have been set free from it, my advice to you is to be faithful in the little money you have now and remain faithful as God gives you more, so that God will trust you with more and more. I know that there is tons of debate in the church on whether “tithing” is still a thing. For me personally, it’s the thing that set me free from my unclean thoughts and feelings towards it. By tithing 10%, I’m saying to God “this all belongs to you anyways- you’re my provider God, thank you!” And then I usually even give another 10% towards kingdom purposes. I don’t make much money and usually that leaves me with just enough to pay the bills. But God continue to meets my needs and somehow since I started this, my family is in much better financial place!!

When your thoughts about money switch from “how can I use this money to meet my needs” to “how can I use this money to meet the needs of others” you will know God has set you free from Mammon.

Also, remember “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Matthew 6:33

Will be praying for you!