By THE SPIRIT James wrote in chapter 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?
6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?
7 Do they not blaspheme that noble name by which you are called?
8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well;
9 but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.
I have seen my share of the rich oppressing others by threatening or taking legal action. In today’s environment it is not so much who is right or wrong but who has the best attorney and can afford to outlast the other party. The rich know how to work the system and thus they tend to exploit the poor as they pursue their personal agendas. Love treats all men with equal honor and respect for FATHER is the ONE WHO determines our value, not another one of HIS created.
The poor man is not encumbered with wealth and its demands. Wealthy people tend to have less true friends and more people who want a relationship based on some financial benefit. In the end, many of the rich are lonely. Wealth is beneficial when it is used to bless people but when the wealth is focused on “self” it can become a curse.
As we walk in Love we are no longer enamored with the wealth of others but look to minister life to them as well as the poor man for all of creation needs to be reconciled. When the rich finally embrace Agape Love, they will become givers and stewards of the wealth FATHER has allowed them to possess.
Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
We all enter this world with very little and we will all leave this world and its riches behind. Our inheritance is not of this world so let our focus be singular and without partiality.