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I have written frequently about serving God and knowing if you are in idolatry. There are several posts where I have pontificated about the dangers of Mammon (god of money). However, there are subjects and issues that deserve a more extensive look and require greater rumination. 

It is not a secret to those who see that there are many idols and gods seeking to draw us. The most predominate is the allure of riches. Money in of itself is not evil, but the "love of money is the root of all evil." (1 Timothy 6:10). There is a god of money whose name is Mammon. This money god is behind greed and avarice. He in addition drives people to trust in money. Instead of relying on Christ, people turn to their Coin. There are whole markets set up to assure investors that their wealth will last and be their provider for the future. However, God reserves the name of provider, Jehovah Jiri. So many Christians are caught in Mammon's mines, slaving away for silver to save them. This issue of what you put your trust in and love is why Christ addresses it in Matthew 6. Jesus says, "You can serve only one of two masters, you will love one and hate the other, you can serve only God or Mammon (money)." (Mathew 6:24). 

Upon inspecting the dollar sign $, I noticed that it looks like a broken cross. The middle beam is twisted into the letter S which demotes Satan or Salvation without God, as in that you trust in money. The S is security and in the end you must decide if you will "pick up and carry your cross," (Matt 16:24) or break your cross and trust in money instead. Many Christians are carrying the $ sign on their backs while trying to carrying their +cross. In the end you can only carry one, the weight of being lukewarm will make you drop one or the other. 

This is a major heart issue. Who do you trust? Christ or Currency? If you fret and worry about finances frequently or believe that without tons of revenue you will be ruined, you are a servant of Mammon. If you trust in IRAs. CDs, Bonds,  Stocks, Silver, Gold, and property to protect you, you are an idolater. Breaking our cross and turning it into a dollar sign is subtle. The line between being a good steward of your finances and becoming a slave to Mammon is a small margin. It can take one second for you to sell out and turn from trusting your Savior to trusting savings. 

I am not advocating poverty or seeking to shame the wealthy. I am addressing the seductive nature of riches and how it can ruin our walk with Jesus and turn us into lukewarm believers. Ultimately, we must put our trust in Christ and risk all for our relationship with Him. If we compromise with currency and make it our safety net and savior, then we have abandoned The Lord in our hearts. Jesus gave up everything to save us and to set our relationship right so that we could be Children of God and enjoy Our Father in Heaven's company. If we turn and take the 50 pieces of  silver, then we are a Judas Iscariot. We are traitors if we turn to money when we could have been a faithful disciple of Christ. Judas sold his cross and his God for silver, and that is what we do if we love and trust in money. We become people of perdition, doomed to be damned. Jesus even commented after the rich young man would not sell his riches and follow Him, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of Heaven." (Matthew 19:24). Money has the power to destroy our purpose in Christ and like the foolish young wealthy man we can end up selling our chance at salvation for the false security of riches. 

Let us not sell our salvation in the Messiah for the security of Mammon. Let us love God with all our heart, mind, and soul." Let us trust in him alone. In the end it is God that gives us every good thing. He has control of the markets and your possessions. Surrender them to God and steward them only: slave not for riches, but honor The Lord and he will see that your business is just and that wealth once attained does not hold your heart. 

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