Rich or Poor?

James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

We have all heard
Money is the root of all sin
But ones heart of pride
Is the open door it walks in.

We seek with all our might
To constantly attain
Riches and possessions
That bring only pain.

Jesus tell us camels
Pass through needles you see
Easier than rich men
Will enter heaven and be.

Jesus tell us daily
To lay down our cross
To follow him only
No matter the cost.

We are known by our stuff
Measured by our wealth
Satan holds the ruler
Jesus holds our health.

If riches we pursue daily
Satan measures what we gained.
Jesus measures our hearts
Where spiritual health is attained.

Our pride opens the door
Of our desire for all we see
Missing the simplicity of life
Found in one’s poverty.

Brokenness may come
In so many countless ways
Jesus uses the trials of life
To build perseverance for days.

Strength is built in trials
We look to God when we are poor
We wonder how we will make it
Our faith may become unsure.

When He has changed us
When he does the hard thing
We begin to understand what he wanted
We asked what we may bring.

We desire after the trial
To repay our debt in some way
We seek to praise him
With our cross laid each day.

When we lay down our cross
We give our lives for the day
We seek to be poor
To be used by him in some way.

We want the riches of heaven
We see the futility of them here
We care not of Satan’s measure
But Jesus’s measure we fear.

Help us today to be humble
To be all we may be
Help us to not worry
But for eternity with Thee.