God uses the poor!

Here are today's verses...very interesting:

James 2:5-7

5 Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts? 7 Do they not blaspheme that noble name by which you are called?

Verse 5 tells us that God has chosen the poor to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom. Think about how many stories int he Bible where God used those who were not in authority positions to do His work. You have to search to find those who are in authority that God did use! I think that speaks volumes to us today. If the weak and poor are valuable to God then they should be valuable to us. The weak and the poor may be us! If that is the case we need to recognize that God wants to use us in His work. But we must love Him and be available to be used. Verse 6 goes on to tell us that the rich are selfish and drag folks to court although now days there are many poor who try to drag others to court also to try and get rich many times unjustly. The rich drag folks to court just to keep their oppresive hand beating down the poor. The rich it says in verse 7 even blaspheme the name of Jesus in which we are called. Their day is coming one day.

So how does this speak to us this morning. Well if you are the poor keep your head up. God loves you and wants to use and will use you if you love Him and make yourself available to Him. Read His Word and find out how he generally uses those who are not rich in service to Him. If you are rich make sure you are treating those who are less fortunate than you right. God uses the rich in His kingdom too and wants to use you. But God also warned in His word that is is very hard for the rich to enter the kingdom of God because of all the temptation that having money brings. God said it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for the rich to enter the kingdom of God...so make sure you take this warning to heart!

God wants to use us all and for all to love Him and each other!

Tom