"The poor rely on each other. They need each other. They live in a community or interdependence. They have to share with each other just to survive. Those who have much are often quick to accumulate and slow to give away. Yet those who have little are quick to share. They often give without remembering; they receive without forgetting. The poor are truly rich for the simplicity of their devotion." -Heidi Baker
Our next door neighbors are quite simple compared to the United States- compared to my life. There are no computers, videos, televisions, I pads, I phones, or internet. It is a simplicity of devotion, interdependence, and fellowship.
Exodus 32- Idols again! Even though Israel had seen the invisible God in action, they still wanted the familiar gods they could see and shape into whatever image they desired. How much like them we are! Our great temptation is still to shape God to our liking, to make him convenient to obey or ignore. The gods we create blind us to the love our loving God wants to shower on us. God cannot work in us when we elevate anyone or anything above him! -Application Study Bible
"Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven." Matthew 5:3
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