"Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?" (James 2:5).
The problem that we face when we make judgements based on appearance is that we completely miss the heart of God. So often, our values are in conflict with God's values. Our ways are not His ways! We see a rich person come into our group and we begin to think about how they can benefit us. Of course, God doesn't need anything and so He doesn't think like that. James declares that it is the poor of the world that God has picked to be rich in the realm of faith. Jesus said a similar thing in Matthew 5:3, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven". God's Kingdom is inherited by the poor. The poor are the faith-filled ones. The poor are the true citizens of the Kingdom. The poor are the true lovers of God.
Look to bless the poor today and you just might find the poor blessing you!
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