There is no god but God

From Isaiah in the Lectionary, “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.” People of all the monotheistic religions earnestly assert that there is no god but God. But how seriously do we mean it? It’s hard to live in a society which has to sell stuff in order to continue working, without worshipping money at least a little bit, or aspiring to be rich. Just saying…