The Wealth of Poverty

"There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches."  Proverbs 13:7.  Are we truly aware of the wealth that we have in Christ Jesus?  We, through Christ, are the heirs of promise.  We have God's amazing grace and abundant love bestowed upon us.  We are known as the sons of God.  And, yet, we who are truly blessed may not understand the wealth which we possess.  We sometimes grumble.  Remember the Israelites.  We sometimes doubt.  We sometimes fear.  We who are to be separated from the world still cling to the world.  We, who have died to the world, still hope to find happiness and satisfaction in the world.  And, when we find ourselves lacking the earthly wealth, we mourn our poverty.  We, the rich, may see ourselves as poor.  Our wealth is in the unseen.  "The riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints"  (Ephesians 1:18) is indeed the wealth of poverty.