Getting Lucky

Call it a simplistic analysis if you like, but to a casual observer Buddhism seems to be all about "getting lucky." Temples are surrounded by fortune tellers and trinket sellers and bells you can ring and sacred springs you can drink from... all to bring you luck. Good fortune for your daughters, good fortune for your sons, good fortune for your rice crop - you name it, and you can probably find something to dong, pray to or throw money at to help you out. Similar to some branches of charismatic Christianity, I suspect... When are we going to understand that the gospel calls us to the exact opposite of "getting lucky" - a life of service, and sacrifice, where things won't always go our way?