{"id":174115,"date":"2023-08-16T04:29:55","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T09:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/?p=174115"},"modified":"2023-08-14T06:00:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T11:00:30","slug":"47-c-wilderness-11-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/16\/47-c-wilderness-11-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Devotional – Guzik"},"content":{"rendered":"

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.<\/strong>\u00a0(2 Corinthians 8:9)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This single verse is a powerful explanation of who Jesus is and what He did for His people. This verse presents:<\/p>\n

\u2013 The riches of Jesus.
\n\u2013 The poverty of Jesus.
\n\u2013 The manner of His poverty.
\n\u2013 The reason for His poverty.
\n\u2013 The result of His poverty.<\/p>\n

First, we learn that Jesus\u00a0was rich<\/strong>. Before Jesus added humanity to His deity and walked this earth, Jesus was rich beyond measure. Jesus, as the eternal Second Person of the Trinity, as God the Son, living in the riches and splendor of heaven, was surrounded constantly by the glory, power, and majesty of God. These make any amount of wealth on earth seem poor.\u00a0He was rich<\/strong>\u00a0in possessions, honor, power, love, and happiness.<\/p>\n

Second, Jesus\u00a0became poor<\/strong>. Look at the whole nativity scene. The newborn King was not laid in a cradle of gold but in a feeding trough for animals, set in a humble stable, wrapped in the swaddling bands of poor children. His whole life was lived humbly. At a very young age, He was banished from His own country. Raised as the son of a humble carpenter, Jesus had no fancy clothes, no home of His own, and often relied on others for food. He never even owned His own grave.<\/p>\n

Third, notice the manner of His poverty:\u00a0He became poor<\/strong>. It does not say that Jesus was\u00a0made<\/em>\u00a0poor by others; He volunteered to become poor Himself. Every moment of His life on this earth, Jesus made the conscious choice to live as a relatively poor man.<\/p>\n

Fourth, the reason for His poverty:\u00a0yet for your sakes He became poor<\/strong>. There was a real reason why Jesus did this, and it was not for His own sake. It was\u00a0for your sakes\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 the sake of His people \u2013 that\u00a0He became poor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Look at the result of His poverty:\u00a0that you through His poverty might become rich<\/strong>. Because of Jesus\u2019 poverty (in all that related to it), His people can become rich. Believers have a share in Jesus\u2019 eternal, heavenly wealth because He came and had a share in their poverty.<\/p>\n

\u2013 As Jesus was rich in possessions, so are believers \u2013 especially contentment.
\n\u2013 As Jesus was rich in honor, so His people have the honor of being sons and daughters of God.
\n\u2013 As Jesus was rich in power, so Christians can come as sons and daughters to the God of all power.
\n\u2013 As Jesus was rich in love, so believers have the love of God poured out into our hearts.
\n\u2013 As Jesus was rich in happiness, so are His people with the peace that passes all understanding.<\/p>\n

Finally, consider that Jesus isn\u2019t poor any longer. If this is what Jesus did for His people when He was poor, how much more do you think He will do for them with His heavenly wealth?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.\u00a0(2 Corinthians 8:9) This single verse is a powerful explanation of who Jesus is and what He did for His people. This verse presents: \u2013 The … Continue reading “Devotional – Guzik”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174115"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174370,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174115\/revisions\/174370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}