The ministry of prosperity

I heard a news report on NPR saying that a senator was going to be investigating a few of the evangelical mega-churches who teach the prosperity ministry! I thought that it was amazing to see that even the government realizes there is something going wrong here. Mostly though, the government is simply responding to the lavish lifestyle displayed by the church and their ministers, and say they are concerned that the money is not being spent wisely, and they may be abusing their tax-exempt status. (Spending exhorbitant amounts of money on furniture and cars and private jets etc...) Now don't get me wrong, it isn't a sin to be rich, but neither is it a sin to be poor! The trouble comes when we put our pursuit of material things before our pursuit of God. (Mat 6:33) We may say God is first in our lives....but lets be honest with ourselves. What does our way of life reflect? What does our thinking reflect? How is the money being spent? Teaching that God wants to bless everyone monetarily is not biblical! God may bless you monetarily, and he may bless you in other ways. In fact, instead of encouragement to pursue material blessings, the bible encourages us to be content with having our needs fulfilled, and warns against the temtations of riches. (1 Tim 6:7-10, Mat 19:23-24)