Prosperity and Temptations

God could very easily prosper His people in this world far beyond their wildest imagination.   He could order all things to satisfy their desires completely. He could easily prevent any sorrow from ever crossing our path.  He could give us all the money anyone could ever want or use.  Why doesn’t He do these things?  God knows that without His merciful intervention, the deadly temptations that accompany prosperity in this life would be too strong for us to resist.  We would quickly succumb to them if all we saw of the world was its alluring pleasures and tempting delights.  Therefore, the Lord also shows us the ugly and abhorrent side of life, and the dreadful consequences of sin in the world.  We often experience all of the cares, griefs, and disappointments which are an indelible part of this present life in, in order to show us how restless and empty the world is without Him.  God wants us to know the sad condition of our world, that we might earnestly look beyond it to Him.