Furthermore, the world cannot be saved by men who refuse to decrease. God help us to get back to this holy ground. Holy Ground Is A Condition Of Freedom From Materialism. Nothing saps the power and authority of a man of God quicker than materialism. A true servant cannot set his heart on God and the things of this world simultaneously.
Material things are the fuel that fires our lust.
Christ stands before us as a rebuke we cannot shut our eyes and ears to. He is set before us in the gospel as poor, despised, reproached, persecuted, without a place to lay his head. Jesus never enjoyed the things of this world - not its property, its wealth, its pleasures, or its success. He was satisfied with daily bread. And that is all He asks us to pray for also.