“We have a tendecy to put a great deal of faith in our guns, our preps, etc, while not putting enough faith in God...”
Speak for yourself, not the rest of us - my relationship with God is individual.
Every person on earth needs, every single day, to increase his faith in God. God alone. And every person on earth, likewise, has some crutch they rely on, in which they need to decrease their faith.
It can be anything -- casual reading, natchos, swimming, something far worse such as porn. Nobody can ever have enough faith in God, and all people will, to some degree, have faith in some earthly thing.
Obviously there is nothing wrong with enjoying and making use of wholesome tools provided by God. Again, God commands us to be armed, and there is nothing wrong enjoying a wholesome pursuit like hunting and shooting, and appreciating the capacity for protection, defense, and freedom God provides for us via the keeping of arms.
But God is the end all and be all, a fact that nobody can ever fully embrace with their entire heart soul and being, although we must forever strive to.
"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."