Can we demand material blessings from God?
No, believers cannot demand material blessings from God. Scripture instructs us to set our affection on things above, not on earthly things, and to seek first the Kingdom. God is not tight, but He gives material things by grace when spiritual priorities are right; they are added, not demanded.
Les explains that Colossians 3:1-2 tells believers who have been risen with Christ to seek things above, where Christ sits at the right hand of God, and to set affection on things above, not on things on the earth. This echoes Jesus' words to seek first the Kingdom of Heaven, and then all these things can be added. Les notes there is nothing wrong with material things if our priorities are right; they become wrong only when things are more important than spiritual things. God is not tight, but we cannot demand them of Him. If God in grace sees fit to bless us with things, that is fine as long as they remain in the right order of priority. Believers are to remember they are dead to earthly things and alive in Christ.