One Sunday afternoon at the nursing home I met an elderly lady whose name was Mrs. Poore. I had never met anyone with that name before so immediately the verse came to mind: “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.” 2 Cor. 8: 9.
I asked this dear lady if she were poor or rich. Pointing to her Bible which was before her on the table, she exclaimed, “Isn’t it wonderful what we have in this Book!” She also went on to say she had put her trust in the Lord Jesus Christ; so I knew that she was rich indeed.
Just think of the Lord Jesus, “though He was rich.” When was He rich? He was rich there in the glory. When did He become poor? It was when He came to this world as a man, when our sins were laid upon Him and He died to put them away, that we through His poverty might be rich. Yes, through His death on the cross of Calvary, and His precious blood that was shed there, we now have the riches of His grace. The Apostle Paul could say, “But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Phil. 4: 19.
ML 06/11/1967