You never trust a millionaire quoting the sermon on the mount

Arcade Fire's critically acclaimed new album, The Suburbs, is loaded with spiritual references.

Buried in the middle of 'City With No Children' are the great lines:


'You never trust a millionaire quoting the sermon on the mount
I used to think I was not like them but I'm beginning to have my doubts
My doubts about it

When you're hiding underground
The rain can't get you wet
But do you think your righteousness could pay the interest on your debt?
I have my doubts about it'


Win Butler, thems is some heavy lyrics. They are pointers to what, I feel, God has been telling me lately.

My faith, if it can be called that in this context, still seems to start with me, not with God. That its now time I ditched my self-made spirituality where my pursuit of God is riddled with selfishness.
I'm slowly coming to realise that this approach is fundamentally wrong; it's God who pursues me. To quote another well-known lyric, 'Sometimes, you can't make it on your own'.

'But do you think your righteousness could pay the interest on your debt?
I have my doubts about it'