This poem is inspired by Psalm 81: 10-16
I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would have none of me.
So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.
Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.
Those who hate the Lord would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever.
I would feed you with the finest of wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.

I believe some new age philosophies and churches teach the gospel of prosperity because they have gotten Biblical passages like this all wrong. They teach material goods will come to those who are faithful and who pray for them or material success and goods will come to those who direct their psychic energy toward their accumulation. But was God really telling us that he will supply riches and endless wheat and honey to those who follow His word while he will impoverish those who defy him? I think not. Many are blessed who are not materially wealthy, who appear not to have a place at the table, at least a table set with fine china and silver. At the same time, many who host million dollar parties filled with caviar and champagne have earned the money to pay for those supplies in less than honorable ways, nor do they share their wealth with those in need. Surely it was not God's message that we only need search for those who have much to find those who have pleased Him. The wheat and honey he promised can not, the way I see it, be literally interpreted.

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