READ: PSALM
12:4-8
In times
past, some Christians equated poverty with holiness. They believed to make it
to heaven, you must be poor. Lazarus was their mentor. Today many have realised
the foolishness of such belief.
Poverty is not God's will for you. It is a curse that came after the fall of Adam in the Garden of Eden. God created man to live in abundance. The Gospel of Christ is a very expensive one. It cost God the life of his only begotten Son to provide it. It cost a great deal in monetary and material terms to effectively spread it around the world. Without money, missionary activities suffer serious setbacks. Scripture further reveal unpleasant situations the poor meet with. Besides lacking in the basic necessities of life such as food, clothing and shelter, the poor man is hated by his neighbours, is a victim of injustice and is constantly persecuted and oppressed. He lives with low self-esteem. His is a beggarly life, depending on others for survival.
Due to changing values in society, the poor man is looked down upon. His wisdom is despised. Those who are materially or financially endowed feel their voices only should be heard on important issues. Many poor believers are even ignored in their bid to win unbelievers to Christ. These infidels measure the God the believer serves by the physical, material and financial blessings that the believer receives.
Thank God that Jesus did something about poverty. You do not have to remain poor. Jesus has paid the price. 2 Corinthians 8:9 says: “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.”
One the cross, Jesus exchanged his wealth for your poverty. He took your debt and gave you abundance instead. You have no business with poverty any more! Reject it today. Prayerfully lay hands on a means of livelihood that is not controversial. And ask God to channel his wealth through the job as a conduit pipe to you.
Poverty is not God's will for you. It is a curse that came after the fall of Adam in the Garden of Eden. God created man to live in abundance. The Gospel of Christ is a very expensive one. It cost God the life of his only begotten Son to provide it. It cost a great deal in monetary and material terms to effectively spread it around the world. Without money, missionary activities suffer serious setbacks. Scripture further reveal unpleasant situations the poor meet with. Besides lacking in the basic necessities of life such as food, clothing and shelter, the poor man is hated by his neighbours, is a victim of injustice and is constantly persecuted and oppressed. He lives with low self-esteem. His is a beggarly life, depending on others for survival.
Due to changing values in society, the poor man is looked down upon. His wisdom is despised. Those who are materially or financially endowed feel their voices only should be heard on important issues. Many poor believers are even ignored in their bid to win unbelievers to Christ. These infidels measure the God the believer serves by the physical, material and financial blessings that the believer receives.
Thank God that Jesus did something about poverty. You do not have to remain poor. Jesus has paid the price. 2 Corinthians 8:9 says: “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.”
One the cross, Jesus exchanged his wealth for your poverty. He took your debt and gave you abundance instead. You have no business with poverty any more! Reject it today. Prayerfully lay hands on a means of livelihood that is not controversial. And ask God to channel his wealth through the job as a conduit pipe to you.
MEMORIZE:
PROVERBS 19:7 -All the brothers of the poor hate him; how much more do his
friend s go far from him! He may pursue them with words, yet they abandon him.
