Poor Need More

Psalm 113, the psalmist writes,
 "He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes, with the princes of their people."

This is our God.  Written in the Word of Truth are the emotions, the compassion that God has towards the needy, the poor.  We are not the only poor, there are always those even less fortunate than us, who we need to bless and lift up in prayer.  But even in our state we are basically poor; and the promise is that God Himself will raise us from the dust, lift us from the ashes, and seat us with princes, the princes of our people, not the people of the past or future, but now our people.  So Lord we say, thank You, and yes.  
We agree You will raise us up, and provide all our needs.  We will go before princes to be witnesses of the great riches of the knowledge of Jesus.  Beautiful mercy, wonderful love straight from the throne of God is empowering us to deploy love across the earth, to the nations, starting in our circle of influence.  

Luke 12:10-12 (ESV)¹⁰And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. ¹¹And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say, ¹²for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."

We are for the glory of God, we are His witnesses across the earth by the grace He gives us.  Only our willingness to be poor in Spirit and accept God's grace can allow for His strength to be our our strength.  If we come as we are barren, with nothing to give but our repentance, 
broken and contrite in spirit, Our God will not deny us, but His joy will be our strength.  
We will actually be filled with the Joy of the Lord, the knowing of His goodness towards us, and that will empower us to make it through each day.  It is only for our benefit that we stand on THE WORD, we must realize God's truths are alive.  Jesus is alive.  

God, our Father has left us 66 books of the bible, and Jesus has sent the Helper, the Holy Spirit of the only Living God.  Thank You Lord!  You have given us all we need for life and godliness.  So we ask for more!

Romans 11:32-34 (New International Version) ³² For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all. 

Doxology

 ³³ Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! 
   How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!
³⁴ “Who has known the mind of the Lord?  Or who has been his counselor?”