For the next several weeks, each Monday, we’ll be looking at The Beatitudes. Here we find Jesus teaching the principles of the kingdom, His Kingdom. These are principles to help guide our daily lives.

“God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.” (Matthew 5:3, NLT)

These are the people who realize they are spiritually bankrupt ”“ they have nothing apart from God’s grace.

In his book, The Good Life, Dr. Derwin L. Gray explains it this way:

“Being poor in spirit means to see your spiritual bankruptcy so that you can make room for the treasures of Christ.” (from page 28)

It is those who feel their spiritual need every single day. It is those who only have utter confidence in the provision of and from God. Recognizing our need and our utter inability to provide or change our circumstances, we humbly come before Him and in our state of humility, we find Him willing and waiting to dwell with us.

” The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One says this: I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.” (Isaiah 57:15, NLT)

Recognizing ourselves as poor and in need, then moves our hearts to see how Jesus responded to those in need ”“ He often fed them, healed them, forgave them, sat down and visited with them.

Jesus Himself became poor for us.

I hope you will join me at Woman to Woman Ministries HERE. We’ll look at how we are to become poor and our proper response.

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