- Lifts the Poor
Psalm 107:41
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction,
And maketh him families like a flock.
Many are the promises for the poor throughout God’s Word. The humble will be exalted, the lowly will be lifted up, the hungry will be filled, the poor will have the kingdom of God, and here: He sets the poor on high from affliction. The poor may not have much but they do have promises, many promises from God. His Son became poor that we through his poverty may become rich.
Jesus did not give us money, but He did make us spiritually rich, incredibly rich with every spiritual blessing; and in doing so He set us on high far above all spiritual powers that are set against us. By faith we realize this is where we are: high. Ephesians 2:6-7: He “raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”
It is not hard to recognize my poverty and need, my helplessness and weakness. It is harder to recognize the place on high where He placed me; this is why I need to hear this promise of God and believe the Gospel of riches and elevated status in the spiritual realm. My spiritual life in the spiritual world is not poor but rich, not low but high, not weak but strong. Though I do not see nor feel the wealth and strength and standing that I enjoy I can believe it is real. It is very real, even more real than the short physical life I see. I enjoy a high and exalted position in Christ.