and misleading and self glorifying. there is a God who cares and the more one cares about God the more benefit one will see. and this isn’t necessarily great fame or fortune, this is not a prosperity gospel. but being able to be happy with what you got and being able to do things with it that you know God is pleased with will be the blessings.
If that's as far as it goes, yes. Still, even within the framework of a vibrant, living faith in the Lord, this message about how to approach the world has its place.
A better way to say it might be "Don't look for anyone else in the world to take care of you if you won't be bothered to take care of yourself." That's a Biblical message (reference II Thessalonians 3:10).