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Living in America blinds us from the reality of what poor really means. Many of our “poor” are obese. They have many of the amenities that the middle class are accustomed to. Naturally a broad pen doesn’t do justice to those that are struggling, but America provides all sorts of programs to deal with our short-comings. Jesus Christ came to preach to the poor. Have you ever wondered why? Could it be that people with money or a program they can turn to, believe they are self-sufficient; they can supply all their needs. When people have nothing, they’re listening. They need answers; they need a miracle. If you have money, it’s hard to conjure up a need for God. Oh maybe some lip service now and then; after all we need to be noticed. But if you’re not poor it’s difficult to be desperate for God. Jesus said to deny yourself; that’s almost impossible for a rich man to do. But as He said, “With God all things are possible.” One other thing He said, “If you try to save your life you’ll lose it and if you lose your life for His sake, you will find it.” I encourage you to wake up to the house of cards you live in and not wait till you’re at death’s door before you realize that you never had the ability to save yourself; it is Christ who saves and He alone. It is far better to humble ourselves and become poor then strive for riches we can not keep, or as it is so aptly put: What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul. And furthermore what will you give God in exchange for your soul? At any moment we enter eternity, at any moment we stand before Him and give an account of our life. I pray we are all ready.