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Blessed to Be a Blessing
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thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly....”
The curse is meant to destroy. Not to teach people a lesson.
Not to make them more spiritual. But to destroy them.
Proverbs 10:15 confirms that. There King Solomon (one of
the richest men who ever lived) says, “...The destruction of the
poor is their poverty.”
Poverty destroys! When you look at the pictures of African
babies with bloated stomachs and flies buzzing around their
eyes, it’s easy to see there’s nothing noble about that. It’s obviously
the work of Satan. But what we often fail to realize is this:
It’s just as much the work of the devil when someone in your
own town or in your church goes without groceries or falls behind
on his rent.
Regardless of how intense the lack is, the nature of poverty
remains the same. It is, and will always be, a curse.
Proverbs 6:9-11 sheds even more light on the devilish nature
of poverty. It says:
How long will you sleep, O sluggard? When will you
arise out of your sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to lie down and sleep; So
will your poverty come as a robber or one who travels...
and your want as an armed man... (The Amplified Bible).
In that verse, poverty is described as a robber who travels
about. There’s someone else the Bible describes in much that
same way. Do you recall who it is?
Satan himself.
In 1 Peter 5:8, the Holy Spirit through the Apostle Peter warns
us to “...be vigilant and cautious at all times, for that enemy of
yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger],
seeking someone to seize upon and devour” (The Amplified Bible).