Gotta Serve Somebody

You may be a construction worker working on a home,
You may be living in a mansion or you might live in a dome,
You might own guns and you might even own tanks,
You might be somebody's landlord, you might even own banks

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

You may be a preacher with your spiritual pride,
You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side,
You may be workin' in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair,
You may be somebody's mistress, may be somebody's heir

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

These are the partial lyrics to Bob Dylan's song Gotta Serve Somebody from 1979.

1900 years earlierMatthew wrote:

No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other You cannot serve God and mammon;

Mammon is the Aramaic word for wealth/money. In the lyrics above your choices are to serve the devil or the Lord. If you are preoccupied with the love of money your are probably serving the devil simply because you can't serve two masters at once.

Simplify your life. Do you need a TV in every room? How many phones do you have? How many things could you do without if you had to abandon your house in the event of some unforseen disaster? How many material things are you holding on to that you will never use? It's time to start giving them away. That's what will happen when you die.