O.K. Let me see if I can explain this in words of one syllable or less. My point was not to contest Phi. 4:19 or any other Scripture. The point I was trying to make that a genuine commitment to faith does not necessarily carry with it a better life.
Case in point. We've had numerous occasions when hard core biker types and/or gang bangers and/or druggies have come forward and made a public commitment to faith in Jesus Christ. And I mean a genuine commitment. That did not preclude their biker or gang banger buddies from coming back to wherever they were and putting a bullet in their brain. And it happened. Not often, but it did happen. They accept the Cross, and a few weeks later, they're being loaded into body bags.
If they labored under the assumption that somehow their faith in Jesus Christ was going to automatically result in some kind of better, safer life, they were sadly mistaken. If Dr. Laura, in a less dramatic example, was assuming that somehow she was going to get some payoff by virtue of her newfound faith, she too was sadly mistaken.
God provides for our needs. The Bible says so. Fine. He certainly takes care of our salvation with the Cross. Beyond that, don't count on anything. And anybody who does better take a good hard look at what their motivations are for embracing their chosen faith.
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.