"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5:3)
The forces of evil won in the recent national elections in America, and America is about to enter one of its darkest periods in its short history. Could it be that professing Christians in America are not poor in spirit, so the Lord had to give our nation to the "rich" in spirit?
To be rich in spirit is to be proud in spirit, self contained, self reliant, self everything. The "rich" in spirit will establish their own kingdom, appoint leaders who deny the reign of Jesus Christ, appoint judges who legislate and give approbation to wickedness. It matters not how many "sinner's prayers" politicians, celebrities, or any of us pray, "worship," read the Bible, are seen carrying Bibles to church services, or "bestow all my goods to feed the poor." The "rich" in spirit just will not receive the "kingdom of heaven."
If the Kingdom seems illusive to you today, check your spirit. If I am rich, i.e., proud and self-centered in spirit, I will not have the Kingdom. If the modern Church is to have anything of Jesus Christ and His Kingdom, if it can be said of us as His Church, "theirs is the kingdom of heaven," it will only be because we are "the poor in spirit."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I pray to be "poor in spirit" and rich in Your Holy Spirit. Amen.
"Looking Unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
