Humbling The Rich
The rich in his humiliation.
James 1:10
Christians who don’t have to experience the trials of life related to poverty can rejoice in their “humiliation,” as today’s verse points out. When the trials they experience help them realize that their possessions can’t buy true happiness and contentment, they will understand that their dependence is on the true riches of God’s grace. The rich Christian can rejoice when he learns that material blessings are only temporary and that spiritual riches are eternal.
Trials humble all believers to the same level of dependency on God. Money doesn’t buy people out of their problems, although it may solve some economic ones. When you lose a daughter, son, wife, or husband, it doesn’t matter how much money you have. No amount is going to buy your way out of such a trial.
Whether to the poor or the rich, trials come into life to help us humbly recognize that our resources are in God.
MacArthur, J. (2001). Truth for today : A daily touch of God's grace (Page 319). Nashville, Tenn.: J. Countryman.
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James 1:10
Christians who don’t have to experience the trials of life related to poverty can rejoice in their “humiliation,” as today’s verse points out. When the trials they experience help them realize that their possessions can’t buy true happiness and contentment, they will understand that their dependence is on the true riches of God’s grace. The rich Christian can rejoice when he learns that material blessings are only temporary and that spiritual riches are eternal.
Trials humble all believers to the same level of dependency on God. Money doesn’t buy people out of their problems, although it may solve some economic ones. When you lose a daughter, son, wife, or husband, it doesn’t matter how much money you have. No amount is going to buy your way out of such a trial.
Whether to the poor or the rich, trials come into life to help us humbly recognize that our resources are in God.
MacArthur, J. (2001). Truth for today : A daily touch of God's grace (Page 319). Nashville, Tenn.: J. Countryman.
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