Jesus Became Poor so We would Become Rich

 “But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭19:26‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Jesus had just watched the rich man walk away from Him.  The rich man wanted to follow Jesus but his heart was wrapped up in his wealth which he could not part from.  So Jesus said how hard it is for those whose heart is in their wealth to follow Him.  This surprised the disciples and they asked who then can enter the Kingdom of God?  Jesus replied that, humanly speaking, no one, because no one can save himself. But what seems impossible to the disciples is never impossible to God!  We are so used to thinking of God as distant, majestic and indifferent to the plight of humans that we forget that Jesus, because of His love for humans, left His glory, position and riches to identify with the least of us.  Jesus was not rejecting wealthy people into His Kingdom, as the disciples thought, but He spoke of those whose heart is wrapped up in their wealth.  By faith we believe that Jesus comes to dwell in our hearts when we believe that He loves us with all His heart.  Let’s believe in His finished work of the Cross where He gave all humans His extravagant grace, that although He was infinitely rich, he impoverished Himself for our sake, so that by His poverty, we become rich beyond measure.  Hallelujah!