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Never Enough | Week 5 · Rewind

Rock Point Church

Pastor Bill Bush · May 12, 2026

Pastor Bill Bush · May 12, 2026 · 74 min watch · 2 min read

Never Enough | Week 5

Devotional days

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7

Scripture in this message

Ecclesiastes 3:11
Ecclesiastes 5
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Matthew 6
Ecclesiastes 5:8
Ecclesiastes 5:10

Big Idea Key points Application

Big Idea

Quoting the message: Wealth is never enough to give us what only worship can, end quote. — because money makes promises it never keeps, and only remaining in Christ satisfies the eternal longing in us.

God is not trying to take anything from us with money — He's trying to give us a gift. Wealth can never satisfy the eternal longing God placed in our hearts, but when we give first and best and remain in Christ's love, the fear and frustration money creates gets replaced with real joy.

Key points

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1We take good things and try to make them fulfill a longing only God can fulfill — that's idolatry.
Pastor Bill opens with the story of a childhood Star Trek communicator toy he traded a mint-condition Hank Aaron rookie card for, not realizing the card would later be worth over two million dollars. He connects this to Ecclesiastes 3:11 — God planted eternity in our hearts, so we always long for more, but we keep trying to satisfy that eternal longing with temporal, plastic things.
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2Worship is not an event or emotional activity, it's a relationship — and how we treat money exposes whether we actually believe God or just believe in Him.
Working through Ecclesiastes 5:1-7, Pastor Bill explains that entering God's house isn't about rash promises or mindless offerings, but about truly listening to and drawing close to God rather than treating church as a contractual, consumer transaction. He warns against turning worship into a means to get what we want from God.
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3Those who love money will never have enough, because wealth cannot deliver peace, security, or happiness.
Reading Ecclesiastes 5:8-17, Pastor Bill unpacks how loving money means a deep dependence on it to provide what only God can, and shows that hoarded wealth breeds worry, restless sleep, and frustration. He shares his own story of AC units, windows, and roofs eating up money he'd saved for remodeling, to illustrate that the more you have, the more comes to spend it.
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4Money multiplies appetite instead of satisfying it, and it makes promises it doesn't keep.
He argues that 'enough' always moves — what once felt like plenty (a first car, a first apartment) stops feeling like enough once you have more. He compares this to addiction: what starts as a small fix ends up owning you, and money works the same way when we trust it instead of God.
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5What we build our security on reveals what we actually worship, and if money is our security, giving feels like an apocalypse.
Pastor Bill names the fear behind resistance to giving: if money is your security, any backward motion — including generosity — feels catastrophic. He says this reveals a deeper heart issue, not a math problem, and that the stuff we own eventually owns us.
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6Giving first and best is the weapon God gives us to kill the idol of money, not something He's taking from us.
He explains that tithing (the first tenth) only works as a test of trust when given up front, not as an afterthought. Giving isn't losing something — it drives out fear and frustration and lets God bring in peace, stability, and contentment instead.
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7Remaining in Christ, not performing for Him, is the source of the joy we're really after.
Reading John 15, Pastor Bill shows that apart from Jesus we can do nothing, and that asking God for anything only works when we remain in Him and want what He wants. He closes with a note from a church member describing a year of growing in community, studying Scripture, and tithing, ending with 'Amen' — which he explains means 'I believe,' not just 'I believe in.'

A story from life

Ellie, the childcare director, shares her journey through miscarriage, a premature birth at 26 weeks, a NICU stay, and the community support she received from Rock Point moms.

A story from life

Pastor Bill tells the story of trading a mint-condition Hank Aaron rookie card as a child for a plastic Star Trek communicator, now valued at roughly $2.25 million.

Application

Pastor Bill's charge is to move from believing in God to actually believing Him, especially with money — give first and best, and let go of the idol before it owns you.

Give first and best, not leftover
Tithe your first tenth up front rather than giving whatever is left over, since giving only works as the weapon against money's idolatry when it's given first.
Check your heart posture in worship
Come to church to truly listen to and draw close to God rather than treating worship as a transaction, a preference, or a box to check.
Name what your security is really built on
Notice if losing money feels like an apocalypse to you, and recognize that reaction as revealing what you actually worship.
Stop upgrading your lifestyle and raise your giving instead
Rather than using increased income only to upgrade your standard of living, raise your standard of giving and watch contentment grow instead of storage units.
Remain in Christ's love, not just His commands
When fear or frustration over money rises, return to the cross and remember His love first, then obey out of that relationship rather than white-knuckled duty.

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Scripture in this message

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“that's what chapter three verse 11, we looked at it the first week. It says, God planted eternity in our hearts when he created us”
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“we're gonna see in Ecclesiastes chapter five, what Solomon's talking about, and then we'll get a little clarity in a New Testament passage right before we close out”
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“So here here it goes, starting in verse one. As you enter the house of God, keep your ears open and your mouth shut”
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“And that Matthew six actually puts this together. Jesus says, you can't serve God and money at the same time”
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“Don't be surprised, verse eight, if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is miscarried throughout the land”
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“Then verse 10, goes back to everybody now. Those who love money will never have enough”
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“Jesus, the night before he was crucified, was talking to disciples, giving him some last words. And in chapter 15, he talks about how he's the true vine”
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“He says, I have loved you. In verse nine, even as the father has loved me. That's the key. Remain in my love”
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“And verse 11 is the key. He says, here's why I'm telling you to do this. Not as a threat, not because you better. He says, I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy”

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Day 1

Pastor Bill opened with a picture of worship that probably surprised a few people: worship is not primarily something we perform — it is a posture we hold. Ecclesiastes 5 opens with a blunt word: guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools. That phrase is worth sitting with. The 'sacrifice of fools' in this context is bringing God your agenda rather than your attention — showing up to get what you want rather than to remain in what He says. It is easy to treat time with God like a transaction. We pray a certain way, check the box, and expect the return. But that posture, as Qoheleth makes plain, is not worship at all. Real worship begins with quieting ourselves enough to actually hear. Pastor Bill's point was that before we can ever talk honestly about money, we have to talk honestly about worship — because money only becomes an idol when our worship of God has already drifted. The drift usually happens quietly, almost without notice. One day we are listening for God; the next we are telling God what we need Him to do. The invitation today is simply to notice which direction you are facing.

For reflection

When you come to God in prayer or Scripture, are you mostly bringing a list — or mostly arriving to listen? What would it look like to shift that balance, even slightly, this week?

Pray

Pray for a genuinely listening heart as you approach God today — that your time with Him would be worship, not a transaction.

Day 2

There is a quiet devastation in the bluntness of this verse: whoever loves money never has enough. Pastor Bill did not soften it, and neither does Solomon. The word 'loves' here is not casual preference — it is deep attachment, dependence, the kind of grip that shapes daily decisions and nighttime anxieties. And the promise that comes with that grip is always the same: just a little more. What makes this so searching is that more money does not break the cycle — it intensifies it. Appetite grows with feeding. The person who earns twice as much does not find twice the peace; they often find twice the pressure to protect what they now have. Pastor Bill tied this to something deeper: God planted eternity in the human heart (Ecclesiastes 3:11), which means every person is built for something that outlasts this world. Money is a real and useful thing, but it is a finite thing. Pressing a finite thing into an eternal-shaped space will always leave a gap — and the gap always feels like 'not enough.' This is not a character flaw unique to greedy people. It is the predictable result of asking money to do something it was never made to do. Naming that honestly is the beginning of freedom.

For reflection

Where in your life do you most notice the 'just a little more' feeling — and what does that reveal about what you are hoping that thing will give you?

Pray

Pray for honest self-awareness about where appetite for more has quietly taken root, and for the grace to bring that honestly before God.

Day 3

Pastor Bill made a striking observation: we reveal what we truly worship by what feels like an apocalypse when it is threatened. Ecclesiastes 5 paints a painful picture of the person who hoarded wealth, only to lose it — and the grief is described as a 'grievous evil.' The language is not mild. When money is your security, a financial setback does not just feel like a setback; it feels like the ground has opened beneath you, because in a functional sense it has. Your foundation moved. This is not only a problem for the wealthy. Anyone who has quietly built their sense of safety on a steady paycheck, a healthy account balance, or a debt-free status knows this feeling. None of those things are wrong to have or to want. The question Pastor Bill pressed was: what happens inside you when they are threatened? Fear and anxiety in hard times are deeply human, and Scripture does not shame us for them. But the intensity of that fear is often a diagnostic tool — it shows us what we have been trusting. The person sleeping soundly in verse 12 is the laboring worker, not the rich hoarder. That contrast is meant to reorient us. Security that actually holds is not built on what we accumulate.

For reflection

Think of a time when a financial worry felt overwhelming. Looking back, what were you most afraid of losing — and what does that tell you about where you had placed your trust?

Pray

Pray for the courage to let God examine where your sense of security is actually rooted, and for peace that is not dependent on circumstances.

Day 4

After the hard diagnosis of chapters and verses prior, Ecclesiastes 5 lands somewhere surprisingly warm. There is a good that God gives: to eat, to drink, to find satisfaction in work, to enjoy what you have been given — and when God gives someone the ability to enjoy their wealth, that itself is a gift. Pastor Bill pointed here to something important: the problem was never money itself. The problem is the disordered love of it. When the heart is rightly ordered — when God is the source, not wealth — the same resources that once enslaved become gifts to be received with open hands. This is the texture of contentment. It does not come from having enough; it comes from receiving what you have from the right place. Pastor Bill also noted that Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 is the biblical backdrop for God's invitation around tithing. Giving God the first and best is not about religious compliance; it is a heart-level declaration that the good things in your life are gifts from Him, not trophies you earned on your own. That act of returning the first portion to God is what keeps the hand open. A closed, hoarding hand cannot receive. An open, giving hand stays ready — and Pastor Bill said that is where the peace described in these verses actually lives.

For reflection

What would it feel like to hold the resources in your life with open hands this week — treating them as gifts entrusted to you rather than possessions you have secured for yourself?

Pray

Pray for a growing sense of gratitude for what you already have, and for the freedom that comes with holding it loosely before God.

Day 5

Jesus does not mince words in this passage, and Pastor Bill did not either. Where your treasure is, your heart will be also. That sequence matters: Jesus says the heart follows the treasure, not the other way around. We sometimes imagine we need to get our heart right first and then our giving will follow. Jesus seems to say the opposite is also true — the direction of your giving shapes the direction of your heart over time. This is why Pastor Bill called tithing an act of faith, not just an act of obedience. It is a decisive move that puts treasure in a particular direction and, in doing so, pulls the heart that way. The passage also introduces the idea of a 'good eye' — a generous, clear-sighted way of seeing the world. When generosity is the lens, everything looks different. And then the confrontational close: you cannot serve both God and money. This is not a spectrum where we find a comfortable middle. Jesus identifies money as a rival master — one that makes real demands, promises real security, and competes directly for the loyalty that belongs to God alone. The invitation is not to feel guilty about having money but to be honest about who is actually running the show.

For reflection

If someone who did not know you looked at how you use your time and money this month, what would they conclude you most treasure? Does that conclusion sit well with you?

Pray

Pray for clarity about where your treasure — and therefore your heart — is most consistently directed, and for the willingness to let that move.

Day 6

Pastor Bill grounded the whole sermon's resolution here, and it is worth slowing down to feel the weight of these words. Jesus tells His disciples: remain in My love. Not 'earn My love' or 'prove your worth' — simply remain. Stay rooted in something that is already present and already given. The word 'remain' in John 15 carries the image of a branch that draws its life from the vine. A branch does not produce fruit through effort; it produces fruit through connection. The effort is in staying connected. Pastor Bill made the point that all the striving, fear, and frustration that come with making money a security system are exhausting precisely because they require constant maintenance. There is no off switch. But remaining in Christ is different. It is not passive — Jesus says keeping His words is part of it — but the energy flows from His life into ours, not from our white-knuckled grip on outcomes. And then verse 11: Jesus says He tells us this so that His joy may be in us and our joy may be complete. Complete. Not partial, not conditional, not tied to the balance sheet. The joy Jesus describes is not the absence of hard things — it is the presence of something the hard things cannot touch. That is what money was always pretending to offer.

For reflection

What does 'remaining in Christ's love' actually look like in a normal Tuesday for you — not in theory, but in practice?

Pray

Pray that remaining in Jesus would become less of a concept and more of a daily reality — and ask Him what one step toward that looks like right now.

Day 7

As you close this week, let the whole passage breathe. John 15:1-11 is Jesus speaking to people He loves, on the night before He dies, telling them the most important thing He wants them to carry forward: stay close to Me. Everything Pastor Bill drew from this week — the way worship drifts into transaction, the way money multiplies appetite, the way security built on wealth always shifts, the way tithing breaks the idol's grip, the way joy and contentment are not earned but received — all of it leads back here. Abide. Remain. Stay. The branch does not anxiously wonder if it is connected enough. It simply stays attached, and the life of the vine does the rest. The call to give first and best is not a burden added to your faith — it is a practical, tangible way of staying attached. It says, with your actual life, 'I am trusting the vine, not the fruit.' If this week has stirred something in you — a recognition, a conviction, a question you do not quite know what to do with — that is worth pursuing with someone. Bring it to a community group, a trusted friend at Rock Point, or a pastor. The Christian life was never meant to be sorted out alone, and what Jesus describes in John 15 is always lived in the context of others who are abiding alongside you.

For reflection

Looking back over this week, what is the one thing God most clearly brought to your attention — and what is one honest, concrete step you can take in response?

Pray

Pray with gratitude for what God has shown you this week, and ask Him for the courage and community to actually live it out.

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Money is something almost everyone thinks about, yet rarely talks about openly — and this message goes right to the heart of why that is.

Discussion questions

1
Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 describes a posture of coming to God to listen rather than to get something from Him. What does that kind of worship actually look like in practice, and how is it different from treating God like a vending machine?
2
Ecclesiastes 5:10 says that whoever loves money will never have enough. Pastor Bill pointed out that money multiplies appetite rather than removing it — what do you think he meant by that, and where do we see that dynamic play out in the world around us?
3
In Ecclesiastes 5:12-17, the person whose security is built on wealth is described as losing sleep and being left with nothing to show for it. What does that picture tell us about what we are really looking for when we look to money for security?
4
Pastor Bill described tithing not as a burden or a transaction, but as a 'weapon God gives us to kill the idolatry of money.' What is it about giving first and best — rather than what is left over — that makes it an act of faith rather than just a financial habit?
5
In John 15:9-11, Jesus connects remaining in His love with a fullness of joy. How does the picture Jesus paints there relate to what Ecclesiastes says about what money can and cannot provide?
6
Pastor Bill challenged us to raise our standard of giving rather than our standard of living. As a group, how might that shift in direction change the way we think about what it means to 'remain' in Christ day to day?

Pray together

Freedom from the grip of money and a heart that finds its rest and joy in remaining in Christ's love

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Contentment and Generosity Money as Idol Remaining in God's Love Tithing and First-and-Best Giving Trusting God Over Wealth

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