Mammon

Mammon is the money god; the other provider; the unloving provider; the counterfeit. Mammon could have been the one at the tree of Life who said to Eve, "Oh yes you can have that! You can have it all Babe"; (that's a tiny paraphrase. ☺) She got her eye on what she wanted (not what/who she needed), and knew she was going to disobey God; but would worry about that later.

The Father is our Perfect Provider. He Provides what we need and sometimes it's not what we want. Sometimes we want something that He thinks we shouldn't have. That's when Mammon steps in with: "I can provide that for you. You can have it if you come to me."

Are we seeking mammon every time we use credit? If God is our Provider then shouldn't we be seeking Him out when we want something? But we don't. We turn to the credit card and we put ourselves in debt and we hurt ourselves by gaining something that our real God didn't provide. Often we don't even know if He would provide it or not, cause we don't give Him the chance.

Our kids do not need lines of credit; we provide everything they need. I would never see Mystie or Sarah go without anything; not only their needs but also their desires. Imagine your kids going to someone else for their needs or desires? Yet I turn to banks and credit card companies before I seek my real Provider. Why? Cause I'm like Eve.

I guess it all comes down to believing and trusting in our Provider. Do we really believe He will provide? Is Jesus stingy? History proves that He's quite generous. He knows we have hockey tournaments, and mortgage payments.

He knows what we need; the problem is, we don't.