The moment you hear the word faith, what often follows in the minds of many believers is the acquisition of things—cars, houses, money, healing, and other material blessings. While faith certainly produces results in the physical realm, the danger lies in narrowing its purpose to merely possessing things. One of the devil’s most effective weapons against Christians is redefining spiritual truths using worldly language. “Materialism” is one such term that believers must define accurately or risk shipwrecking their Christian Walk. Contrary to popular opinion, materialism is not about owning material things. Rather, materialism is the attempt to solve spiritual problems with material answers. A man who feels lonely and marries to resolve that inner vacuum is being materialistic, and he will become a burden to his spouse. A woman who marries for the same reason may discover that marriage only exposes her deeper spiritual emptiness.
When you misunderstand materialism, you risk misinterpreting divine provision.
If God blesses you with three jackets and you insist, “I only need one,” you have missed God’s purpose. He knows your need but gives in abundance to channel the surplus to others. Many Christians today have not yet grasped the divine economy of the Kingdom, where abundance is not for hoarding but for Kingdom distribution. Material provision in God’s Kingdom is a trust, not a personal reward. You must never forget that your material blessings are meant to be weapons in God’s hand, not objects of obsession. When believers limit their faith walk to acquiring things without divine assignment attached to them, they have embraced materialism in disguise. It has subtly crept into the Church and hindered her from fulfilling her Kingdom mandate on the earth.
Let me ask you, has God lifted you to a place where you can pay the school fees of ten orphans without stress? Are you doing it? God is not just increasing you for your personal comfort; He is making you a channel. Material things are tools and not trophies. If you think they are trophies, you will boast in them. But if you see them as tools, you will use them wisely and assign them where the Master needs them. May God grant you a divine reorientation and deliver you from the subtle bondage of materialism in Jesus’ name.
THOUGHT TO PONDER: Are you trying to solve a spiritual need with material solutions? Are the things God gave you in your hand or have they taken His place in your heart?
Lord, I receive grace to prioritise my relationship with You above things. Deliver me from every subtle entanglement with materialism. Make me a wise steward of Your provisions, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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