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I am actually seeing this message as much more complex then it first appears to be. While I can agree with most of the individual points in the video, overall there are certain economic facts. America, because of it rampant consumerism has an economy that is quite literally feeding the world.
A year or so ago we went out to eat after church where a missionary had just visited from Africa. Of course the village this missionary works in features people so impoverished that they make OUR "poor" look like kings. He was in the bathroom and was looking at advertisements for vacation cruises, luxury cars, expensive suits, toys like Ski-doos, snowmobiles, and 4 wheelers. The first thing that went through his mind (he told us later) was the usual guilt for having so much while most of the world had little to nothing. But then he was almost literally floored with the realization that our economic system which provides all these niceties in life is what generates the wealth that we DO give to the poor and missions around the world. When some mega-millionaire buys a yacht, he is moving huge amounts of money through the economy which is giving untold numbers of people the opportunity to give -and to invest themselves.
Will God give us a yacht if we pray for one? In some cases, He just might! To do so will A) bless the individual (or curse, as is the case with most boats) and B) help to generate more wealth in the long run then had the person simply gave the cost of the yacht to charity or missions.
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