- From Psalm 149
I don't know why statements like this are not emphasized more, in these times.
The corrupt political order is putting people at each other's throats, dividing us every which way, most notably, by socio-economic class. Greed (the vice of the rich) and envy (the vice of the poor) are driving our decisions, from where to eat, to how to vote.
But the Bible is very clear, God has not held back the truth . . . that the poor have got it made.
Yes, yes I know. Not now. Not in this life. But we know with almost perfect certainty, that the wealthy are as Kris Kristofferson described them: weak.
And if beggars can't be choosers, til they're weak and wealthy men.
I would have people in a congregation turn and look at each other. Turn and look around. Find someone that has less wealth than you do. God has placed them ahead of you.
Coarse? Maybe. But isn't that what the Psalmist does over and over again?
We should prepare the poor right now. We should treat them as the royalty that they are. Now.
Come to think of it . . . that practice alone would solve a whole bunch of our most dangerous social problems, instantly!
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