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Leviticus 25:35-38 Amplified Bible

Of Poor Countrymen

35 ‘Now if your fellow countryman becomes poor and his hand falters with you [that is, he has trouble repaying you for something], then you are to help and sustain him, [with courtesy and consideration] like [you would] a stranger or a temporary resident [without property], so that he may live among you. 36 Do not charge him usurious interest, but fear your God [with profound reverence], so your countryman may [continue to] live among you. 37 You shall not give him your money at interest, nor your food at a profit. 38 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God

For Reflection

With today's high credit card debt and interest rates that for many people border on usury, the poor are subject to yet another inhibiting and debilitating burden.  We who are not jobless, living under the poverty line, or under the average wage only have a dim understanding of how burdensome and soul devouring poverty is. The key to escaping poverty is not just getting a job if the monetary return on working is too little to support oneself or family. Any little bump which for the majority of us would be ignored, at that lower level of wealth is a catastrophe and at times a matter of life and death.


We are no stronger as a community than the weakest among us. Poverty is not a punishment for life's untoward circumstances. Poverty is our opportunity to share. Impoverishment yields only elevated social, political, criminal, economic and spiritual poverty. Helping others survive is not an option. It is an investment in our collective survival!

Pray

Make your life a living prayer for those who suffer the results of impoverishment.

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