No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Mammon.
(Luke 16:13)
“Mammon” is defined as something in which we trust. Lord, how can we trust you if we trust in worldly riches and goals? Only you can give us anything. We cannot love without serving you. How easy it is to say we love God,” while, at the same time, serving ourselves.
You command us to love ourselves inasmuch as we are created by your breath and redeemed by the death of your Son. We love our neighbors in the same way. To love something for any other reason than that it was made by you and belongs to you is idolatry. Teach me to love you, to love others in and through you, and to trust only in you. Show me how to serve you today.