The Poor and Needy
Have you noticed how our culture devalues the poor and needy people in society? People tend to look down on them as people who are not important or even worthless. If someone can't make a contribution to them, they push them aside. This can be especially true when someone asks them for a contribution or a helping hand. They tend to look the other way and run from them, instead of helping them out. God is not that way at all. In fact, I believe the Bible shows us that God is just the opposite of how our world treats the poor and needy. There are so many verses in the Bible that show us that God is compassionate and caring to the outcasts and downtrodden. (Psalm 113:7,8) The psalmist said that God "lifts the poor from the dust and the needy from the garbage dump. He sets them among the princes, even the princes of His own people." We need to see what God does, and we need to have the same attitude as God. Of course, God doesn't always lift up the poor and needy. Howeve...