What Money Was Never Meant To Give You
Sunday Rewind is a 5-day Devotional based on the weekly sermon at Resonate Community Church
October 11th Sermon, Day 2
We live in a world that quietly promises us that more will finally be enough. More income, more savings, more security. And yet, if we are honest, most of us have reached a goal we once thought would bring peace, only to find ourselves already chasing the next one. Solomon was one of the wealthiest people who ever lived, and he wrote with striking honesty that whoever loves money is never satisfied.
That is not just ancient wisdom. It is something we feel in our own lives. Here is what money and possessions were never designed to do: they cannot give you identity, lasting security, or deep satisfaction. They are good gifts, but they are not God. When we expect them to carry a weight they were never built to hold, we end up anxious, striving, and never quite at rest. Jesus was direct about this. You cannot serve both God and money. Not because money is evil, but because divided loyalty leaves us restless. When God becomes our true source, something shifts. We stop white-knuckling what we have and start holding it with open hands. You were made for more than the endless pursuit of enough. You were made for the peace that only God can provide.
Bible Verse
"No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money." - Matthew 6:24
Reflection Question
In what ways have you been looking to money or possessions to provide something that only God can truly give you?
Quote
"There's nothing wrong with enjoying vacations or good food or success or beautiful things. Nothing wrong with that. The problem comes when we expect those things to give us the identity, the security, the significance, and the satisfaction that they, in all of what they are, were never designed to provide us."
Prayer
God, reveal the places where I have trusted in what I own more than in who You are. Shift my heart toward You as my true source of security and satisfaction. Amen.
