Jan. 15

Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook

MADE RICH BY FAITH

   "For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the
   poor shall not perish for ever." Ps. 9:18

   Poverty is a hard heritage; but those who trust in the Lord are made
   rich by faith. They know that they are not forgotten of God; and though
   it may seem that they are overlooked in His providential distribution
   of good things, they look for a time when all this shall be righted.
   Lazarus will not always lie among the dogs at the rich man's gate, but
   he will have his recompense in Abraham's bosom.

   Even now the Lord remembers His poor but precious sons. "I am poor and
   needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me," said one of old; and it is even
   so. The godly poor have great expectations. They expect the Lord to
   provide them all things necessary for this life and godliness; they
   expect to see all things working for their good; they expect to have
   all the closer fellowship with their Lord, who had not where to lay His
   head; they expect His Second Advent, and to share its glory. This
   expectation cannot perish, for it is laid up in Christ Jesus, who
   liveth for ever; and because He lives, it shall live also. The poor
   saint singeth many a song which the rich sinner cannot understand.
   Wherefore, let us, when we have short commons below, think of the royal
   table above.