Bible Reading: Proverbs 22:1-16
Key Verse: Verse 2 – “The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.”
Key Words: The rich and the poor meet together
The word meet in verse two carries the idea of coming into contact with. Every county, city, and yes, even every church has both their rich and their poor. But there is a second point we must not forget, and that is that the Lord is the Maker of them all. The word make in the broadest sense means to accomplish His will. As hard as it may be to understand, God made the rich, rich not so they can have but so they can do His will. God made the poor, poor for the same reason. There is no one group better than the other one; we are all here to do God’s will, and all are accountable for what we have and how we use it. The problem with the rich is many of them believe they are rich because of their greatness rather than God’s greatness; and the problem with the poor is they believe they are poor because they are oppressed by the rich rather than the poor letting God use them for His glory.
The standard by which we measure who is rich and who is poor is flawed. We measure by possessions, money, and various other standards; but the true standard for who is rich and who is poor should be as follows.
We should measure richness, not by the material things we possess, but by the things we possess that money cannot buy – that’s true riches.
So many who believe they are rich are really poor, and many who think they are poor are really rich. Which are you-based upon the things you possess which money cannot buy?
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞ Make sure your standard of judging riches versus being poor is correct.
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