Poverty can affect any man at any time of his existence, just as misfortune can also affect any man during his life: bereavement, accident, illness, dismissal, etc.
The book of proverbs says that:
* »Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished. »* (Proverbs 17:5)
Indeed, although there are some who are born poor in spite of themselves and who remain so throughout their lives, there are also rich who fall and become poor.
In any case, it is God who allows all situations.
To mock the poor or to gloat over the misfortune of others, insinuates that God is wrong in what He allows.
Now, God is never wrong, He has his own reasons for allowing the elevation of some and the fall of others, for allowing some to die from the same illness and others to recover, that during a fatal accident, some succumb and others come out safe and sound, etc.
And one of its reasons is to punish those who mock the poor and those who rejoice in the misfortune of others.
PRAYER:
Lord our God, grant us to never rejoice in the misfortune of others.
It is in the precious name of your son Jesus Christ that we pray.
Amen.
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