I'm falling in love...with money?!

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid, what can man do to me?” Hebrews 13:5-6

Another command or virtue is found here in Hebrews 13:5-6. We see that the Christian is to not love money. Uh oh. Did I read that right? Yep, I think it says don’t love money. This verse was written for the persecuted believers, so that they would understand that it is not money that saves them or provides a safe haven in life. God is to be our refuge, our strength, and the Helper to which we look.

You may be wondering, “what constitutes a love of money?” This is something that the Spirit of God will have to show you. It could be that you are constantly thinking of how much you’re making now and how much you could be making. You may simply be obsessed with money itself. Or you may be obsessed with the status it brings. It is possible that you have this type of thought, “If I make more, I’ll have more friends.” Or it may be that you are obsessed with the things that money can buy. You may be continually searching for new clothes, gadgets, houses, and cars to buy.

Just remember, we all most likely struggle with one of these types of love for money. However, when you slip into this sin, seek God. He is the One Whom our hearts should long for. He is the One that our minds should be obsessed with. If anything takes place in life over Him, then we are breaking the first commandment, “You shall have no other gods before me.”

Hopefully we can come to a place in our walk with Christ that we are confident in the Lord and nothing else. There is nothing to fear because God is our Father. When we realize this, we will boldly say with the writer of Hebrews, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid, what can man do to me?”