EYES ON THE POOR

My Dear Sweet, Precious Child,
    David knew that My heart goes out to the poor in the earth, the poor in wealth, the poor in material goods, the poor in spirit, the poor in health and the poor in mental faculties because all of them have been afflicted by the devil's curses that he distributed in the earth when Adam began fraternizing with the devil and his demons.  My ultimate plan for salvation was to destroy the works of the devil in the earth through the ministry of Jesus Christ and My Holy Spirit. (I John 3: 8) The prophet David, who was a man who sought My whole heart, wrote that I stand at the right hand of the poor and save him from those people who condemn his soul.  (Psalm 109:31)  He also wrote that I have dispersed and given to the poor, that My righteousness endures forever. (Psalm 111:9) He further wrote that I raise the poor up out of the dust and lift the needy from the dunghill (Psalm 113:7), that I satisfy the poor with bread (Psalm 132:15) and that I maintain the cause of the afflicted and the rights of the poor.  (Psalm 140:12)
    Solomon wrote that the person who makes himself rich has nothing, but he who gives away to the poor has great riches.(Proverbs 13:7)  You have heard of one of the richest couples in the world in your day who has determined to give every penny of their wealth to the needy in their lifetime and that they will die penniless.  Those two people have entered into My kingdom of God while they live in the earth, in contrast to the rich man who asked Jesus Christ what he could do to enter into My kingdom of God and Jesus told him to sell all he has and give the money to the poor.  The man refused to do so because his security was in his money.  (Matthew 19:21-22)
   The wisest man who ever lived in the earth, Solomon, wrote that it is unfortunate that the rich man has lots of friends but poor people are despised by their neighbor. Yet, the wise man who despises his poor neighbor has sinned, but the person who has mercy on the poor is happy. (Proverbs 14:21) 
    Solomon had the truth in My mind when he wrote that anyone who mocks the poor is mocking Me and the person who is glad at the calamities of others will eventually be punished.  (Proverbs 17:5)  My children who know Me know that I do not punish but that it is the devil who punishes.  The devil just waits for someone to sow seeds of mockery in the lives of the poor and because he is the being who curses the poor, that gives him permission to curse the lives of the people who mock the poor.  Later Jesus Christ mimicked this truth when He said that what a person does to the least fortunate of people, including the poor, he or she does to Me. (Matthew 25:44-46) The result will be a life of devastation in the earth for the people who mock the poor.
    In his many words of wisdom, Solomon wrote that the person who has pity on the poor and meets their needs is lending the money to Me and the person who has given to the poor will be repaid by Me. (Proverbs 19:17; Luke 6:38) In his great wisdom Solomon wrote that a person who shuts his ears to the cries of the poor will eventually cry himself but not be heard.  (Proverbs 21:17)  Isaiah mirrored that truth when he wrote that people who afflict the poor have allowed a barrier to come between themselves and Me so that I cannot hear their own cries for help. (Isaiah 59:1-3; Isaiah 58:6-10)  Yet, if the people turn from their wicked ways and begin to meet the needs of the poor, the barriers are torn down and I can hear their prayers. 
     Solomon had such wisdom that kings and queens brought riches to give to him just to hear his wisdom.  He wrote that anyone who gives to the rich to increase his own riches will eventually come to have no riches, and the person who oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth will also come to have needs himself. ((Proverbs 22:16)  Jesus Christ said that it is almost impossible for a rich man to enter into My kingdom of heaven in his lifetime because his wealth is his god. (Mark 10:25)  You have experienced in your world that the people who oppress the poor, in essence, asking the devil to curse their own wealth.  You've seen it in religious and political leaders who seek to rule over people and refuse to give to the poor.  Their days of rule are numbered and their days of wealth are numbered.
    My ways are the same yesterday, today and forever.  My attitudes toward the rich who oppress the poor are still the same, not that I afflict them but that they choose to open themselves up to the devil's curses when they cause distress to the poor and unfortunate in the world. (Hebrews 13:8)  The curses are multiplied when the oppression comes from governments who refuse to comfort the lost and disenfranchised people, separating parents from children and refusing to allow them to live a free life in a freedom oriented country.  All of My attitudes toward those poor people continue in your day.  The nations who oppress them will find themselves so cursed by the devil that they will not be able to tunnel out from the curses unless they turn to Me for forgiveness and begin to treat the poor and lost with respect and love.  (Luke 6:24; Matthew 18:7; Matthew 23:15)
    I have no hands except the hands of My children with which to feed the hungry, give water to the thirsty and clothe the naked.  When you do those acts of mercy, you join yourself to Me and My kingdom of heaven.
    Your Father of Great Spiritual Wealth