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GOD CARES <\/font><\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"

HELP IN HARD TIMES<\/span><\/h3>\n

Dr Alan C. Clifford<\/span><\/h3>\n

(Norwich Reformed Church )\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

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\u2018A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied\u2019<\/em><\/strong> (Psalm 37: 16-19).<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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    GOD\u2019S PROVISION<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u2018A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked\u2019 (v. 16). <\/em>In every age people are divided into \u2018rich\u2019 and \u2018poor\u2019. Of course, especially today, recession or not, wealth and poverty can be relative. A \u2018poor\u2019 person in the \u2018First World\u2019 could be quite \u2018rich\u2019 by the standards of \u2018Third World\u2019. Yet there\u2019s always a divide between the \u2018haves\u2019 and the \u2018have nots\u2019.<\/p>\n

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    As psalmist King David seems to assume, wealth and wickedness often seem to go together. Not surprisingly, there\u2019s an uneasy attitude in the Bible towards wealth in general and money in particular. Our Lord Jesus Christ warns us against its dangers: \u201cTake heed, and beware of covetousness! for a man\u2019s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.\u201d (Luke 12: 15).\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

    However, David is not <\/em>saying that poverty in itself is better than wealth, or <\/em>that laziness is more virtuous than work or <\/em>that wealth is necessarily evil. The Book of Proverbs is a powerful antidote to such thinking (see 30: 8; 20: 13; 11: 25; 13: 11). <\/em>What then is David saying? That it is better to be a poor believer than a wealthy unbeliever. <\/strong><\/p>\n

    There have, of course, been wealthy Christians who were not corrupted by their wealth. Among the English nobility, Selina, the Countess of Huntingdon was a godly and generous Christian during the Evangelical Awakening of the eighteenth century. When she read Paul\u2019s words that there were \u2018not many noble\u2019 people in Christ\u2019s Church (1 Cor. 1: 26), <\/em>she was glad he wrote \u2018not many\u2019 rather than \u2018not any\u2019! In the nineteenth century, wealthy Christian industrialists like the Cadburys of Birmingham and the Colmans of Norwich never prospered at the expense of the well being of their workers. On the contrary, they cared for them with Christian care. Do modern companies match up to this?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    David is now reminding us that since the \u2018wicked\u2019 often prosper, it is better to be content with the \u2018little\u2019 possessed by the righteous than to enjoy the \u2018much\u2019 of the unrighteous. It all boils down to priorities, as the Lord Jesus reminds us: \u2018But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness: and all these [necessary] things shall be added unto you\u2019 (Matt. 6: 33). <\/em>What makes the difference is the state of our hearts. If we have covetous or greedy hearts, we\u2019ll never be content. If we have renewed hearts, we will be content with all that God provides. <\/strong>Human wisdom can be useful: \u2018The best things in life are free\u2019; \u2018The happiest people are those who don\u2019t want what they can\u2019t get\u2019.<\/p>\n

    We smile and say, \u201cHow true!\u201d But God\u2019s wisdom says \u2018godliness with contentment is great gain\u2019 and \u2018we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out\u2019 (1 Tim. 6: 6, 7)<\/em>. And did not our Saviour also ask, \u201cFor what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?\u201d (Matt.16:26). <\/em>So a renewed or Christian heart trusts \u2018not in uncertain riches but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy\u2019<\/strong> (1 Tim. 6: 17). <\/em>Thomas \u00e0 Kempis was right to say, \u201cUse earthly things. Seek heavenly things\u201d (The Imitation of Christ). <\/em>With a true sense of values, the hymn writer said, \u2018Change and decay in all around I see; O Thou who changest not, abide with me\u2019 (H. F. Lyte).<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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      GOD\u2019S PROTECTION<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \u2018For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous\u2019 (v. 17). <\/em>This is an amazing and comforting statement. When world, national or personal events such as unemployment fill us with anxiety, we should remember that \u2018God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble\u2019 <\/strong>(Ps. 46: 1).<\/em> However, a sense of our unworthiness might make us doubt whether David\u2019s words could ever apply to us. We might say, \u201cYes, \u2018the Lord upholds the righteous\u2019 but my sins and failures surely disqualify me.\u201d<\/p>\n

      However this is to misunderstand David\u2019s language. Being \u2018personally righteous\u2019 is not always the same as being \u2018actually sinless\u2019 as David made clear in Psalm 32: 1-2 and as Paul argues in Romans 4: 5-8. Those who are conscious of their sins, yet\u2014in true repentance and faith\u2014trust in God\u2019s mercy and pardon through our Lord Jesus Christ, are regarded by God as \u2018righteous\u2019 in His sight. <\/strong>Every sinner who trusts in Jesus is \u2018righteous in Jesus\u2019. <\/em>As the guilt of our sins was taken by Him on the cross, so the merit of His sufferings becomes our own by faith! To be \u2018justified by faith\u2019 (Rom. 5: 1) <\/em>is to be \u2018declared righteous\u2019 in God\u2019s sight on account of Christ\u2019s sacrifice alone (Rom. 5: <\/em>9). This is the Gospel truth David is pointing to. Of course, when God \u2018justifies the ungodly\u2019 (Rom. 4: 5), <\/em>He also begins to purify them by His Holy Spirit. But since we are never without sin in this life, our righteousness before God is always the perfect sacrificial obedience of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

      Without abusing God\u2019s grace or having a light view of our sins, the question is: \u201cDo we forsake our sins and flee to Jesus?\u201d Besides vividly illustrating what David writes here, the example of Samson also reminds us that our salvation is all of God\u2019s grace. Though not very \u2018saintly\u2019 in his earlier life and behaviour, Samson is viewed as a saved man of faith (see Heb. 11: 32). <\/em>When he destroyed the Philistines and asked God to \u2018remember\u2019 him (Judges 16: 28), <\/em>were not \u2018the arms of the wicked broken\u2019 and \u2018righteous\u2019 Samson \u2018upheld\u2019? Yes, he lost his physical life but his soul was saved. Like the thief on the cross who asked Jesus to \u2018remember\u2019 him (Luke 23: 42-3)<\/em>, Samson also enjoys paradise and the promise of everlasting life\u2014including a restored body (see Phil. 3: 21)! <\/em>These and other examples remind us that our righteousness is all of God\u2019s wonderful, undeserved grace.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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        GOD\u2019S PROMISES<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        \u2018The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied\u2019 (vs. 18-19). <\/em>The example of Samson also reminds us that God\u2019s people are not promised an easy time in this world. Besides Hebrews 11, the New Testament teaches the same truth: \u2018We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God\u2019 (Acts 14: 22). <\/em>So we must not be deceived by the \u2018health, wealth and prosperity\u2019 gospel, popular in some circles today. <\/strong><\/p>\n

        What then is our ultimate comfort as Christians? The promises of God! First, <\/em>David tells us that the Lord knows all about us. Since \u2018knowing\u2019 sometimes means \u2018loving\u2019, this could also mean that God never ceases to love us all our days, both \u2018glad\u2019 days and \u2018sad\u2019 days. Paul tells us that nothing <\/em>\u2018shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord\u2019 (Rom. 8: 39). \u00a0Second<\/em>, whatever disappointments we experience, the \u2018upright\u2019 are never losers in the end. While getting everything we want <\/em>is not always good for us, our heavenly Father promises to \u2018supply all our need\u2019 <\/em>from his resourceful \u2018riches in glory by Christ Jesus\u2019 (Phil. 4: 19). <\/em>We are not promised immunity from pain or financial and other losses, but \u2018all things\u2019 are working for our ultimate good <\/strong>(see Rom. 8: 28). <\/em>Has a poet not rightly said, \u201cEarth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n

        David further reminds us that our Christian inheritance is assured. Earthly and material security can be lost but God\u2019s promise of adequate care in this life and complete and lasting happiness in heaven is sure and certain. Thus Peter writes that Christians have \u2018an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you\u2019 (1 Pet. 1: <\/em>4). But not only is our inheritance kept for us. <\/em>We\u2014by God\u2019s keeping grace\u2014are kept for it (v. 5)!<\/em><\/p>\n

        God\u2019s guaranteed care is reliable even in \u2018evil times\u2019. <\/strong>When we are outnumbered by the \u2018wicked\u2019 and also despised and devalued by them, we shall not be \u2018ashamed\u2019. True, merely nominal Christians might deny Christ. To avoid ridicule and rejection they will \u2018go with the flow\u2019. But those who love the Lord will not be forgotten by Him.<\/p>\n

        This is wonderfully illustrated by Christ Himself. Of the many widows in Elijah\u2019s \u2018evil time\u2019, only the godly widow of Zarephath was miraculously fed during the terrible famine (see\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 Kings 17: 8-16; Luke 4: 25-6). <\/em>She was doubtless \u2018satisfied\u2019 spiritually as well as physically. When idolatrous Baal worship was popular in Israel, the widow continued to worship the Lord. This reminds us that of all famines, the worst kind is \u2018a famine … of hearing the words of the LORD\u2019 (Amos 8: 11).\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

        While the life-style of many reveals their true appetites, may we be \u2018satisfied\u2019 by Jesus the \u2018bread of life\u2019! In a discontented world, He alone can meet our deepest needs, which are spiritual. Did not Jesus say, \u201cBlessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled\u201d (Matt. 5: 6)? <\/em>Feeding on Him, we \u2018shall never hunger\u2019 and believing on Him we \u2018shall never thirst\u2019 (John 6: 35). Reader, if you are going through hard times, ask God to enable you to trust in Him and begin to prove the truth and reality of this message from His Word.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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