Esther,
Good post. I think the premise of the passage in Exodus was certainly pride.
Jewelry is not a necessity in my life and therefore, for me, it was and would be, always, a materialistic thing.
When I first got in church I had a fur coat. As I began to get closer to God I felt uncomfortable wearing it to church.
I heard a preacher say, "If you can't worship God wearing with what you have on, take it off. If you have too much money in your wallet and it hinders your worship, lighten the load."
I agree with him! Some things can stand in our way.
I remember a time when I worked in sales, I could feel how materalistic I was becoming. I worked in a gorgeous building on Townlake in Austin. One morning as I was going to work I stopped by the lake, took out my perfume bottle, walked to a rock, broke it and poured the perfume out. I said, "God I want to show you that I don't love money more than I love you."
Less than a month later, we had a huge church split, my husband lost his job, I got sick from being pregnant, had to quit, we lost our truck, our home, etc.
My husband said, "I AM NEVER BUYING YOU ANOTHER BOTTLE OF PERFUME - AGAIN!"
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