Daily Devotional
The Remedy for Spiritual Poverty
“Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.”
Psalm 51:1-2
May 8, 2024
Ponder This
Blessed are the poor in spirit. Before people can enter the kingdom of Heaven, they must first admit that in their spirits, they are absolutely bankrupt and beggars before God. If they don’t see that, they will never ever get into the kingdom of Heaven.
When you come to Jesus Christ, you do not strut into His presence. The very word for beggar and for poor comes from a root word meaning, “to cringe, to cower, to shrink back.” There are no peacocks in Heaven. He’s talking here about a person who is totally, completely, devastatingly, bankrupt to the point of being reduced to being a beggar. And when they come to God, they must say as the old hymn, Rock of Ages says, “Nothing in my hand I bring, simply to the cross I cling.” That’s where it begins. You must know your need to call out to your Savior. Brokenness follows bankruptcy. Broken people will search for the solution to their problem, and that is found in Jesus.
- Why is it easy to forget or ignore our spiritual poverty before God?
- What does it look like to live as a Christian who understands spiritual poverty?
Practice This
Repent for any sin you have been holding onto and confess your spiritual poverty before God.
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