On Success

[T]he only way to get successful: You could be the best at something, and get nothing. Also the absolute worst, and get everything you want out of life (although that usually is a curse in disguise). How many times has that happened? All blessing, honor and prosperity flows through the LORD. So does all curse, too. Sometimes, by natural causes God wants to bless you, but the world’s too powerful, and He won’t be able to without exerting great power and torment. That’s why He doesn’t come and save the world from all its suffering this very [hour], is because it would require such force, the righteous on Earth would suffer too, like Jeremiah did.