Sunday, June 11, 2006

The Poor and the Providence of God

One of the criticisms I hear against God's sovereignty over all things is that this message doesn't "sell" well with the poor. This is why, they say, you don't find many reformed churches in inner cities and other hard places--only white-bread yuppies like to believe that God intended for their life to turn out the way it did. The prosperity gospel, on the other hand, allegedly offers real "good news" to the down and out.

Last night in family worship our reading was from James 2. Verse 5 informs us, " has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those that love him?"

Again and again Scripture speaks about God's providence and the poor. And for those that love Him it is good news--not of fat wallets and personal victory, but of rich faith and a kingdom to come.

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