2 Corinthians 8:9
"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 become rich."

    This passage is often quoted when someone tries to tell us that we can name what we want, claim it as ours.  But that is not what this passage is talking about.  It is talking about our JESUS being an eternal being, LORD of heaven and Earth.  Not a material wealth or an earthy wealth, but an eternal wealth.  By His coming to earth in the form of a man, He gave up all of that.  He poured Himself out, through giving of Himself while He wandered amongst us speaking truth, sharing eternal life, extending physical healing, and delivering people from demons that result in spiritual death.

    While He was here on earth, He lived a humble life.  He owned nothing.  In other words, He had no worldly goods.  You could say that He lived in poverty, yet He lacked no good thing.  And, when He was finished with His message of faith and hope, He took the most valuable thing He had and gave it to us.   He laid down His life for us.  Thereby, enabling us to attain a wealth beyond compare.  We also are wealthy because we too can live eternally with Him.  How can we?  Because He first raised Himself up.  Even as He said, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." (John 2:19)  Even as He is in heaven at the right hand of the FATHER, we can be in heaven standing before the throne of GOD upon our death and resurrection.

    Join with me today with an open heart before GOD and enjoy the wealth that our LORD and GOD has given us through the gift of eternal life.

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