Circumstances...

James 1:9-11 Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower. For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.

Read these verses again.  This covers all levels in life.  The status we try so hard to achieve – that of being wealthy – will pass away like a fading flower.  And for those of us who are not wealthy by material standards are to feel as though we are highly exalted when we are rich in wisdom.  

So no matter where we fall on the spectrum of economic gain, we are either to feel high (if we are indeed low) or low (if we sense that we are high).

Isn’t that interesting!  In other words, God is not limited by whether or not we have money in the bank.  He’s promised to meet our needs.  But he is limited by our own faith.

Everything we try to achieve physically and materially is fleeting. Matthew Henry says it like this: “Worldly wealth is a withering thing.”  And yet we seek it, oftentimes more than we seek anything else.

Wisdom is what we should be seeking.  And wisdom comes through hardships and trials.  And hardship and trials produce a life and attitude that lacks nothing.  

It’s so hard to grasp this concept…that’s why we spend a lifetime experiencing it...until the day of completion!