From this statement we must look at what it means to be a friend of the world. Today, we find many people trying to make ends meet and often trying hard to find ways to entertain themselves. It seems that we can not escape the fact that money plays a crucial role in what we do. Bills must be paid, food must be bought, entertainment is not free. We must travel here and there and that too costs money.
People today rely more and more on loans and credit to get what they desire.
And after all this working, traveling and getting - we get tired and have to sleep. In Matthew, chapter 6, Jesus tells us that no one can slave for two masters. The two masters he refers to here are God and riches. He says that God knows we have need of all these things. When we place more emphasis on our own needs and place God second to these, we actually show that God's will is not as important as our own.