Made Rich by Faith
- By Charles Spurgeon
"For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall
not perish forever." (Psalm 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 reward in Abraham's bosom.
Even now the Lord remembers His poor but precious sons, "I am poor and needy; yet
the Lord thinks upon me," said one of old, and it is 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 things working for their good; they expect
to have all the closer fellowship with their Lord, who had nowhere to lay His head;
they expect His second coming and to share its glory.
This expectation cannot perish, for it is laid up in Christ Jesus, who lives forever,
and because He lives, it shall live also. The poor saint sing many a song which
the rich sinner cannot understand. Wherefore, let us, when we have short commons
below, think of the royal table above.