Why does God bring us to
a state of poverty?
God
said to the prophet Ezekiel:
‘I
will cut off the food supply to Jerusalem.
The
people will be in despair, eating their bread
by
weight and drinking their water by measure.
When
food and water run out,
they
will be appalled at each other’s wretched condition
and
will waste away because of their sin’
(Ezekiel
4:16-17).
Why
does God bring us to a state of poverty?
He
surely knows that we will be distressed and struggling in such circumstances.
Could
it be that God wants us to cry out to the Lord in our distress?
(Ref.:
Psalms 107:5-6)
Could
it be that God intends to make us realize the truth
that
our lives are like a evening shadow and a withering grass? (102:11)
Or
perhaps God is using our poverty to weigh us down
so
that we may resolve to confess our sins
and
disclose all our wrongdoings without hiding anything,
thereby
leading us to forgiveness? (32:4-5)
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