The Gospel of Prosperity, what to expect

I really hate to put names to people, so I am just going to say this, there is a very famous pastor, whose Church is in Texas. His teachings regard the idea that God will grant anything to us, such as a great parking spot, a great seat in a bus, a green light in traffic, a great seat in the airplane and so on and so forth... I mean that is pretty nice to say, but the question is, is that the truth? The pastor would defend himself by saying that God has said in the Gospels that he will do anything we ask him in his name.

OK, so look at this then, I dare you now to ask in Jesus' name that a big bag of gold falls in your backyard, so big that you will never need to move a finger in your life to live the most luxurious life in the world (even better than Bill Gates), see if he grants you that... Oh, it didn't happen? I guess therefore that you do not have enough faith, or you are not worthy of God's time...

The question is though, is the previous idea true? Does it mean that whenever you get stuck in traffic, whenever you are stuck between two loud people in a plane, or if you are fired from your job you are not in God's favor? Does that mean that the people that go bankrupt, those who are not prosperous are being punished by God?

I do not think so and I believe you should think that way either! First of all let's go over the idea of God helping us. Going by the the pastor's idea we can ask God to do our work for us, drive our kids to school, drive us to work, get us a bigger wage, get us a nice reward for doing nothing, file our taxes... and the list goes on and on and on... That would be nice right? Well, the idea is, that is not going to happen anytime soon. The light in which that statement from God should be seen upon is that God will do extraordinary things to save us, such as die, fight the devil in hell and then resurrect to be with us again, just so we can be saved. God will do extraordinary things to save us from life threatening situations, such as get us stuck in traffic so we do not get hit by a reckless driver driving up there (talk about not being in God's favor) That is how God helps us. If we pray to God to save one of our beloved ones He will grant it, if we ask Him to to give us a pot o'gold... that's not going to happen...

Therefore, I would advice you to quit asking God to give you a nice parking spot, don't listen to what certain people say, just use your common sense, if God could do all those things for us, why would we have so many martirs who gave their lives for Chrisitanity?