Brothers and sisters who are poor should find satisfaction in their high status. Those who are wealthy should find satisfaction in their low status, because they will die off like wildflowers. The sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up the grass so that its flowers fall and its beauty is lost. Just like that, in the midst of their daily lives, the wealthy will waste away. Those who stand firm during testing are blessed. They are tried and true. They will receive the life God has promised to those who love him as their reward. No one who is tested should say, “God is tempting me!” This is because God is not tempted by any form of evil, nor does he tempt anyone. Everyone is tempted by their own cravings; they are lured away and enticed by them. Once those cravings conceive, they give birth to sin; and when sin grows up, it gives birth to death. Don’t be misled, my dear brothers and sisters. (James 1:9-16, CEB)
Another Scripture says the rain falls on the wicked and the good. None of us are saved from getting wet. Here the author of James says the poor have high status and the wealthy have low status. We are not what we have. We are who God made us.
We need to stand firm in the love of God and share that love in everything we do. That is what shows God’s love to the world. Not what we have accumulated, but what we give.
Some of the money-poor people are the most generous with what they have. They give more than any one who has amassed a bundle of money.
Don’t fight for the golden ring. Live for the love of God.
Loving People. Loving God.
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