Morning Light - Deuteronomy 15

[Today: Deuteronomy 15]: God Hates Poverty! In this chapter, the people are reminded to care for the poor. This is more than giving your cast-offs and a few dollars to the local thrift store. God hates poverty, and He looks to us as His covenant partners to be a part of the solution and not part of the problem. When we give to the poor, we enter into a contractual obligation of blessing from God. God will bless you when you act on behalf of those who are struggling and suffering in life. When we neglect the poor, we will ourselves suffer unnecessarily. Poverty is everywhere around us, but in this chapter, God paints a picture of a society where poverty is non-existent.