Jan. 15
MADE RICH BY FAITH
"For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the
poor shall not perish for ever." Ps. 9:18
Poverty is a hard heritage; but those who trust in the Lord are
made rich by faith. They know that they are not forgotten of God; and
though it may seem that they are overlooked in His providential
distribution of good things, they look for a time when all this shall
be righted. Lazarus will not always lie among the dogs at the rich
man's gate, but he will have his recompense in Abraham's bosom.
Even now the Lord remembers His poor but precious sons. "I am poor
and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me," said one of old; and it is
even so. The godly poor have great expectations. They expect the Lord
to provide them all things necessary for this life and godliness; they
expect to see all things working for their good; they expect to have
all the closer fellowship with their Lord, who had not where to lay
His head; they expect His Second Advent, and to share its glory. This
expectation cannot perish, for it is laid up in Christ Jesus, who
liveth for ever; and because He lives, it shall live also. The poor
saint singeth many a song which the rich sinner cannot understand.
Wherefore, let us, when we have short commons below, think of the
royal table above.