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Monday, January 20
Deuteronomy 15:7-11
AN OPEN HAND TO THE POOR
…Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward… the poor and needy in your land. Deuteronomy 15:11, NIV
By providence, there will always be poor people in the land (v. 11). This does not imply that God wants people to be poor. In fact, He is the One who gives the ability to produce wealth (Deuteronomy 8:18).
Since He is the Source of all true wealth, He commands those whom He has blessed to be open-handed towards their brothers; the poor and the needy. The poor are people in need and who do not have any ability to meet it. The needy are not necessarily poor, but are in need at a given time.
Your wealth is accursed if it is not extended to such people. Why must we maintain an open hand to people, especially the poor? It is because we never actually own anything. All that we have is given to us by God (1 Corinthians 4:7). The Word of God also made it clear that giving is a sure route to greater blessings (Acts 20:35).
The rich man in Luke 16:19-31 was so tight-fisted that he refused to assist poor Lazarus! He lost his soul eternally. You don't have to end up like him. Make helping the needy a lifestyle.
• Birthday Blessing: The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. Isaiah 25:8
Read Bible Through Passage: Genesis 47, 48; Matthew 14:1-21
Man takes great pains to heap up riches and they are like heaps of manure in the furrows of the field, good for nothing unless they be spread – Matthew Henry.
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