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Spiritually Poor I'm Not God

Monday January 21, 2019

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.  (Matthew 5:3 NIV)

Jesus told us we would be blessed if we were “poor in spirit.”  What does that mean?  Is being “poor in spirit” like being poor by not having enough money or not getting our needs met?  If being “poor in spirit” is like that, why would Jesus say we are blessed, and the kingdom of heaven is ours?


 When a person is poor in spirit, they have come to God and admitted they are powerless to do life on their own.  They have chosen to turn their will and life over to the care of God.  They do not deny the things they have done but humbly admit their sins to God and ask for His forgiveness.  They choose to wholeheartedly follow the ways of God because they know God will give them the strength to do so.



 Don’t love the world’s ways.  Don’t love the world’s goods.  Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father.  Practically everything that goes on in the world—wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important—has nothing to do with the Father.  It just isolates you from him.  The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way out—but whoever does what God wants is set for eternity.  (I John 2:15-17 MSG)

When we are poor in spirit we humbly live in the grace and favour of God.  We admit our lives are unmanageable without God.  We take responsibility for our character defects and ask God to remove them.  We are willing to confess our sin to God, knowing that no condemnation awaits us, only forgiveness and blessing.  We have no fear of failure because we know God is rich in love and slow to anger.  We acknowledge that God’s strength is greater than that of any human being.  We choose to be thankful for who God is and for all He has done for us.  We are poor in spirit because we rely entirely on the richness of the favour of our awesome God. 




Prayer:  Heavenly Father, I acknowledge that without You I can do nothing.  I desire to be poor in spirit so that I can be rich in Your unfailing love and care for me. Amen  

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