For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you
through his poverty might be rich. – 2Co 8:9.
Jesus is God, He owns the “cattle upon the
thousand hills”, (Ps 50:10). In Rev
5:11-14, John talks of seeing “millions and
millions” (CEV) of angels, along with every creature in Heaven and Earth
worshipping Him.
So I find it absurd to hear teachings that try
to claim that Jesus was never poor as a man, (citing things like the kind of
clothes He wore, the type of donkey He rode, etc.). They miss the point
totally; that’s like praising superman for flying first-class.
The Apostle Paul declares that a good way to
understand the grace of God is to consider the Incarnation: “though he was rich”,
yet for your sakes he became poor...”.
If Christ had been born in the best hospital
and lived in the most luxurious home on Earth, He’d still have been wretchedly
poor compared to what He had before.
And here comes the good news: He became poor, “that
you through his poverty might be rich”. What a glorious substitution.
“But
Bro Greg, I’m so broke right now; it seems they forgot to jot down my bank
account details when my name was written in the Book of Life at my salvation.”
Beloved, if you want to know what you got at
salvation then look at what Christ gave up for your sake! It wasn’t a fat bank
account or a beach house on the Caribbean. It was “power, and riches, and
wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing” (Rev 5:12).
If you find that incredible then you can
understand Paul’s incapability to properly communicate to us the extent of what
we have “in Christ”. In Eph 1:15-19, he says he prays continuously for the
church to be able to understand “the riches of the glory of his inheritance
in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who
believe.”
Beloved, the wealth of Christ has been made
available to you. Your entire lifetime is too short to discover all of it, not
to talk of exhausting it. Do not allow the Devil to keep you so enmeshed in one
want after another that you don’t look up to see that your God shall supply all
your need “according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Php 4:19).
AMEN.
More Blessings await you today; you’ll not
miss them in Jesus’ Name.
GREG ELKAN
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