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“Seek justice, rebuke the oppressor; defend the fatherless, plead
for the widow.”
Isaiah 1:17
. “Whoever is kind to the poor lends
to the Lord, and will be repaid in full.”
Proverbs 19:17
, NRSV.
All who make this investment lay up double treasure. Besides that
which, however wisely improved, they must leave at last, they are
amassing wealth for eternity—that treasure of character that is the
most valuable possession of earth or heaven.
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“The Lord knows the days of the upright, and their inheritance
shall be forever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in
the days of famine they shall be satisfied.”
Psalm 37:18, 19
.
God has given in His Word a picture of Job, a prosperous man—
one whose life was in the truest sense a success, a person whom
both heaven and earth delighted to honor. Of his experiences Job
himself says:
“Just as I was in the days of my prime,
When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;
When the Almighty was yet with me,
When my children were around me; ...
When I went out to the gate by the city,
When I took my seat in the open square,
The young men saw me and hid,
And the aged arose and stood;
The princes refrained from talking,
And put their hand on their mouth;
The voice of the nobles was hushed.”
Job 29:4, 5; 7-10.
See also Job 31:32;
29:21-25.
“The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow
with it.”
Proverbs 10:22
.
The Bible shows also the result of a departure from right princi-
ples in our dealing both with God and with one another. To those
who are entrusted with His gifts but indifferent to His claims, God