Daily Devotionals

Bowen's Daily Meditations

Devotional: May 8th

"This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him." - Psalms 34:6.

Who was this poor man? Let us see if we can find out; if we can ascertain the characteristics of those poor people whom God so honorably mentions in his word.

Mere penury of worldly goods is not a sufficient title. He must be poor in spirit - poor contentedly. His must be a spirit cheerfully acquiescent in the allotments of God - with all that he is reputed to have, placed unreservedly at his disposal; sensible that he is not even his own, but bought with a price; his abilities and opportunities, his time and influence, his soul and body, his tongue and pen, solemnly deeded to God. This poor man has no strength of his own. He is poor even in virtue, very poor; poor in wisdom. And so if you listen at his window, you will find him in the still hours, earnestly laboring in prayer that he may have given him strength, virtue and wisdom.

This poor man cried and the Lord heard him. So the cry of this poor man is in reality a key by which he can unlock treasury after treasury of things beyond all price.

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