“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God." - Luke 6:20

Jesus looked at His disciples as people gathered from all over to hear Him and be healed by Him, and He said, “Blessed are you who are poor ..." Some of the Word can be puzzling to us, especially when we try to take it literally. When He uses “poor" in this context, He doesn't mean it in the way we think of it. We picture homeless people without money, food, or other material belongings. He is referring to “spiritual poverty." Without a strong faith and relationship with God, our spirit is poor. A weak spirit will cause us to hit rock bottom emotionally, and we then realize that we are not capable of begging ourselves on our own. We cannot possibly journey through life alone. We need someone stronger and wiser than us to depend on: God.