Two Masters

Alright. I've been digging my way out of from an emotional furrow-they're always brought about a single related thing, which also happens to be the cure- a place for seeds to be planted. I like to think of it in terms of Christ the vine and God the gardener, as the passage plainly states. The funks, the low points are merely our branch being pruned so that we may grow correctly and as we should. I apologize ahead of time if I am the digger of a furrow for you, but if it causes you to think about, and seek answers from, God, then I should rejoice.

It has always pained me to think about money. It seems there is never really enough, and it almost always fails to satisfy. (bear with my thought processes being strung out). So I think about the passage that states you cannot serve two masters (God and money). Either you will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.
So I ponder what it means to serve: to work for- and apply that to the verse. You cannot work for both God and money. But why? (a fundamental question that will drive you nuts) as my niece taught me to ask. This goes back to the first commandment "You shall have no other gods before me." because, "I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God..." I imagine the jelousy of God is that akin to a parent watching their child receive things from others. Or when a child moves out of the house to embark on their own, more separate life. We shall not "bow down" to them- become submissive.
But how, then, is money akin to a god? and how does it distract from Him.
Think about your life and how you are dependant upon money. Think abou the things it provides to you. "Lord" in its most basic sense, means "bread giver" that which provides you with the basic necessity to live. Money is like this. It allows you to buy food, and drink. By it you may own a home, and find rest within its walls. If you are sick, you can pay a man of extensive studies to provide healing. You can clothe your nakedness (with the style and magnifence of that worn by Solomon!). It can provide you with a sense of security, that if anything, anything were to go wrong, you can be safe and find comfort in the knowledge that money can replace the loss. It often concerns when people are struck by a sudden disaster, losing all they have and reply, "it's only things. we can replace them."
So, to me, these all appear to be things that God has promised to provide us, and, perhaps why it is said, "blessed are the poor, for theirs is the kingdom of God."
But everything has its place, and all works in accordance with His will. May you who read this be blessed, not troubled, and upon your blessing give thanks to God.