So many debates about prosperity but the real issue is not prosperity for we see that both God and Satan bless their 'children'. Satan offered Jesus all the kingdoms of this world if He would bow....
Abraham understood that not all that glitters is gold..certainly he deserved the spoil of war...what preacher today would turn down a financial 'gift'...are there still some who know some 'gifts' are snares not rewards from God?
My pastor once said every open door is not God....
Genesis 14:21-24King James Version (KJV)
21*And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
22*And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
23*That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
24*Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
Anyone have a testimony of such an event where what appeared to be a blessing was not?